TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive changes following aortic reconstruction
AU - O'Boyle, Michael
AU - Gill, Harwant S.
AU - Link, Hasmig S.
AU - Forest, Erin E.
AU - Paradise, Norman F.
AU - Stubbs, David H.
AU - Dorner, Douglas B.
AU - Kollmorgen, Robert L.
AU - Moorman, Donald W.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A symbol/language integration task and a memory scanning task were administered to two groups of surgical patients (aortic reconstruction and laparoscopy) and to aged-matched nonsurgical controls, 1 week prior to surgery, on the day of discharge from the hospital, and 2 and 8 weeks after discharge. In patients undergoing aortic reconstruction, a significant impairment of cognitive processing (as detected preoperatively) was accentuated at time of discharge. Significant improvement in performance on both tasks was found, however, in the 2- and 8-week postdischarge sessions. In fact, during these later sessions, performance on the memory scanning task became equivalent to that of control participants. Thus, pre- and postoperative impairments in patients undergoing repair of an aortic aneurysm do not appear to be the consequence of short-term memory loss per se, but may be related to a more general slowing of the information processing system.
AB - A symbol/language integration task and a memory scanning task were administered to two groups of surgical patients (aortic reconstruction and laparoscopy) and to aged-matched nonsurgical controls, 1 week prior to surgery, on the day of discharge from the hospital, and 2 and 8 weeks after discharge. In patients undergoing aortic reconstruction, a significant impairment of cognitive processing (as detected preoperatively) was accentuated at time of discharge. Significant improvement in performance on both tasks was found, however, in the 2- and 8-week postdischarge sessions. In fact, during these later sessions, performance on the memory scanning task became equivalent to that of control participants. Thus, pre- and postoperative impairments in patients undergoing repair of an aortic aneurysm do not appear to be the consequence of short-term memory loss per se, but may be related to a more general slowing of the information processing system.
KW - Aortic reconstruction
KW - Cognitive changes
KW - Memory
KW - Symbol/language integration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033485254&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1021814807480
DO - 10.1023/A:1021814807480
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 313
EP - 326
JO - Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
JF - Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
IS - 4
ER -