Abstract
To the editor:
Dr Keith has highlighted the difficulties faced by investigators attempting to quantify neuropsychologic changes in relation to cardiac surgery. Factors such as the limited time for assessment (preoperatively and often postoperatively) that necessitates a brief yet all-encompassing testing battery, the health status of the patient, and the requirement to perform multiple tests all enshroud the process with a degree of difficulty often enough to dissuade most researchers...
Dr Keith has highlighted the difficulties faced by investigators attempting to quantify neuropsychologic changes in relation to cardiac surgery. Factors such as the limited time for assessment (preoperatively and often postoperatively) that necessitates a brief yet all-encompassing testing battery, the health status of the patient, and the requirement to perform multiple tests all enshroud the process with a degree of difficulty often enough to dissuade most researchers...
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 668-669 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2001 |