AUTHOR=Liu Jun , Huang Kequn , Zhu Binbin , Zhou Bin , Ahmad Harb Ahmad Khaled , Liu Lin , Wu Xiang TITLE=Neuropsychological Tests in Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction: Methods and Applications JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=12 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684307 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684307 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

Post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a neurological complication that relatively frequently occurs in older people after anesthesia/surgery, with varying durations and significant differences in the severity of cognitive impairment. POCD is mainly characterized by memory loss mostly without consciousness disorders, accompanied by abnormal emotions, behaviors, and language, mostly without consciousness disorder. The clinical performance of POCD lacks specificity but can reflect the severity of cognitive impairment in patients. The diagnosis of POCD cannot be separated from the evaluation of perioperative cognitive function of patients, and the more popular and accepted method is neuropsychological tests (NPTs).