Consensus statement: First International Workshop on Anesthetics and Alzheimer's disease

Anesth Analg. 2009 May;108(5):1627-30. doi: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318199dc72.

Abstract

In order to review the current status of the potential relationship between anesthesia and Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists recently met in Philadelphia for a full day of presentations and discussions. This special article represents a consensus view on the possible link between Alzheimer's disease and anesthesia and the steps required to test this more definitively.

Publication types

  • Consensus Development Conference
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / etiology*
  • Anesthesia / adverse effects*
  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research / organization & administration
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors