What We Know About Cognitive Decline After Surgery

5/17/2018|Updated: 5/24/2018

Judith Graham

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Judith Graham is a contributing columnist for Kaiser Health News, which originally published this article. KHN’s coverage of these topics is supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and The SCAN Foundation.

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What We Know About Cognitive Decline After Surgery

Patients need to be told of post-surgical risk before giving informed consent, say experts