Perioperative Continuous Femoral Nerve Block Reduces Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction of High-Risk Patients with Femoral Neck Fracture: Evidence from a Retrospective Propensity-Matched Study.

CONCLUSIONS For patients undergoing femoral neck fracture surgery, perioperative cFNB administration is useful in decreasing the incidence of POCD, especially for high-risk patients with a Mini-Cog score equal to or less than 2 points. PMID: 32126061 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32126061?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Science Monitor - March 5, 2020 Category: Research Tags: Med Sci Monit Source Type: research