Effects of an abnormal mini-mental state examination score on postoperative outcomes in geriatric surgical patients: a meta-analysis

Effects of an abnormal mini-mental state examination score on postoperative outcomes in geriatric surgical patients: a meta-analysis

Abstract Background Perioperative cognitive impairment (CI) following surgeries is prevalent in geriatric surgical population aged 60 and older. This meta-analysis was designed to investigate whether the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) has prognostic value on adverse outcomes in aged surgical p...

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Main Authors: Shuang-jiao Cao, Dongxu- Chen, Lei Yang, Tao Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
MMSE
Geriatric
Outcomes
Postoperative delirium
Mortality
Meta-analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0735-5

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