Efficacy of xenon anesthesia in preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac and major non-cardiac surgeries in elderly patients: a topical review.

Abhijit S Nair, Asiel Christopher, Sai Kaushik Pulipaka, Praneeth Suvvari, Praveen Kumar Kodisharapu, Basanth Kumar Rayani

Medical gas research 2021 Jul-Sep

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Elderly patients undergoing major cardiac and non-cardiac surgeries have a high propensity (up to 40-60%) of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction, which are caused by patient's factors, type of surgery, intraoperative and postoperative factors. All these pose a challenge to the clinicians. The noble gas xenon does not undergo metabolism or any kind of biotransformation in the body owing to its inert nature. Xenon confers excellent hemodynamic stability and provides excellent recovery at the end of surgery. This topical review discusses advantages of xenon anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing major cardiac and non-cardiac surgeries and whether it is worth using a costly anesthetic in elderly patients for preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction.

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Abhijit S Nair, Asiel Christopher, Sai Kaushik Pulipaka, Praneeth Suvvari, Praveen Kumar Kodisharapu, Basanth Kumar Rayani. Efficacy of xenon anesthesia in preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac and major non-cardiac surgeries in elderly patients: a topical review. Medical gas research. 2021 Jul-Sep;11(3):110-113