Naslov
Cognitive impairment and general anaesthesia - case report

Autori
Presečki, Paola ; Mihanović, Mate ; Mimica, Ninoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
24th Danube Congress of Psychiatry in conjuction with 12th Central European Neuropsychopharmacological Symposium - CENP - Program and Abstract Book / Jakovljević, Miro - Zagreb, 2010, 102-102

Skup
24th Danube Congress of Psychiatry in conjuction with 12th Central European Neuropsychopharmacological Symposium - CENP

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 05-08. i 07-08.05.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
cholinergic receptors; memory disorders; irreversible impairment in cognitive functions

Sažetak
Degeneration of cholinergic receptors causes memory disorders and irreversible impairment in cognitive functions, whose advancement can lead to clinically recognizable Alzheimer's disease (AD). very often, the first symptoms of AD are mood swings and hence depression should be excluded by differential diagnosis since it can also cause memory disorders and cognitive deficits. Due to the characteristic clinical picture of AD, its diagnosis should not be a problem, except at the very beginning of the disease. Many AD patients are never diagnosed and therefore are not adequately treated in clinical practice. Agents used for general anesthesia reduce cholinergic transmission, which is manifested by loss of consciousness, pain, voluntary movements and memory. In patients with compromised memory and cognitive functionality, general anesthesia can postoperatively have an adverse effect on the prognosis of degenerative cerebral disease. A patient is described whose preoperative impaired memory and cognitive functioning deteriorated after general anaesthesia and whose clinical picture reached the extent of AD.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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