The Journal of Practical Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (17): 2503-2507.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2024.17.025

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Mechanism and research progress of dexmedetomidine in improving perioperative neurocognitive disorder in frail elderly patients

Zhiyan XU1,Weiyuan CHEN1,Weifeng. YAO2()   

  1. *.Meizhou People's Hospital,Meizhou 514000,China
  • Received:2024-04-01 Online:2024-09-10 Published:2024-09-13
  • Contact: Weifeng. YAO E-mail:yaowf3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract:

With the acceleration of population aging and the continuous growth of the elderly population, frailty has become a global public health problem. At the same time, an increasing number of elderly people require surgical treatment, and people are paying more attention to the possible postoperative neurocognitive disorder. Frailty and neurocognitive disorder interact with each other, forming a vicious cycle. Improving one of them can improve the prognosis of the elderly. As one of the commonly used anesthetic drugs in clinical practice, dexmedetomidine has neuroprotective effects.This article reviews the relationship between frailty and neurocognitive disorder, as well as the research progress of dexmedetomidine in improving perioperative neurocognitive disorder in frail elderly patients.

Key words: dexmedetomidine, frailty, perioperative neurocognitive disorder

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