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Metabolic syndrome exacerbates short-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: results of a pilot study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2011 Apr;25(2):282-7

Date

08/24/2010

Pubmed ID

20728380

DOI

10.1053/j.jvca.2010.06.008

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-79954422077 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   34 Citations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypothesis that patients with metabolic syndrome are more likely to develop short-term cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

DESIGN: A prospective study.

SETTING: Veterans Affairs medical center.

PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-six age- and education-balanced patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (28 patients with and without metabolic syndrome in two separate groups) and 28 nonsurgical controls were enrolled.

INTERVENTIONS: None.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Recent verbal and nonverbal memory and executive functions were assessed using a psychometric test battery before and 1 week after cardiac surgery or at 1-week intervals in nonsurgical controls. Neurocognitive scores under the baseline condition were at least 1 z score (1 standard deviation) worse in surgical patients with compared without metabolic syndrome in all 3 cognitive areas (nonverbal and verbal recent memory and executive functions). Neurocognitive performance further deteriorated after surgery by at least 1 z score on 3 tests in the verbal memory modality (Immediate and Delayed Story Recall and Delayed Word List Recall). Overall cognitive performance (composite z score) after surgery was significantly (p = 0.03) worse in metabolic syndrome patients compared with those who did not have the disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that short-term cognitive functions were more profoundly impaired in patients with metabolic syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass compared with their healthier counterparts.

Author List

Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Iqbal Z, Gandhi SD, Pagel PS

Author

Sweeta D. Gandhi MD Associate Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cognition Disorders
Hospitals, Veterans
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Postoperative Complications
Prospective Studies
Time Factors