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Impact of Pain on Incident Risk of Disability in Elderly Japanese Cause-specific Analysis
This study aimed to investigate the association of pain severity with subsequent functional disability due to all causes as well as stroke, dementia, and joint disease/fracture.Methods The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of 13,702 Japanese individuals aged 65 yr or older. Information regarding pain severity during the previous 4 weeks and other lifestyle factors was collectedvia questionnaire in 2006. Data on the incidence of functional disability were retrieved from the Long-term Care Insurance database. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to estimate the multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios ...
Source: Anesthesiology - March 14, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research

Increased risk of dementia in people with previous exposure to general anesthesia: A nationwide population-based case-control study.
CONCLUSIONS: A history of previous exposure to surgery under GA might be associated with an increased risk of dementia, particularly in subjects who have undergone repeated exposure to GA. In addition, subjects who had received surgery under ETGA with comorbidities such as stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and atherosclerosis could have a potential relationship with dementia risk. PMID: 23896612 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Alzheimers Association - July 31, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Alzheimers Dement Source Type: research