Anesthesia-Alzheimer disease link probed.

摘要

SOME COMMONLY USED INHALED anesthetics may cause brain damage that accelerates the onset of Alzheimer disease, according to recent findings from two separate groups of scientists.For more than a decade, physicians and scientists have searched for clues to why some people experience cognitive dysfunction after undergoing anesthesia and surgery (Brewer K et al. Anesthesia exposure as a possible risk factor for cognitive decline in the elderly. In: Alzheimer's Disease. Paris: Serdi Publishing Company;1996:161-171).