Peri-operative neurocognitive disorders (PND) is a new term recommended by an international,multidisciplinary group named as Nomenclature Consensus Working Group including experts from multiple disciplines such as ane...Peri-operative neurocognitive disorders (PND) is a new term recommended by an international,multidisciplinary group named as Nomenclature Consensus Working Group including experts from multiple disciplines such as anesthesiology,neurology,geriatrics,psychiatry,neuropsychology,surgery,and psychology.It is a comprehensive term for cognitive impairments identified in the perioperative period.The recommendation of this new nomenclature has been published in several influential journals simultaneously in November 2018.[1-6] It is a tremendous change in the field of peri-operative cognitive impairments.Therefore,it is necessary to know the reasons and purposes of this new nomenclature,differences between old and new nomenclatures,and the possible impacts of new nomenclature on clinical and basic researches of peri-operative cognitive impairments in the future.展开更多
文摘Peri-operative neurocognitive disorders (PND) is a new term recommended by an international,multidisciplinary group named as Nomenclature Consensus Working Group including experts from multiple disciplines such as anesthesiology,neurology,geriatrics,psychiatry,neuropsychology,surgery,and psychology.It is a comprehensive term for cognitive impairments identified in the perioperative period.The recommendation of this new nomenclature has been published in several influential journals simultaneously in November 2018.[1-6] It is a tremendous change in the field of peri-operative cognitive impairments.Therefore,it is necessary to know the reasons and purposes of this new nomenclature,differences between old and new nomenclatures,and the possible impacts of new nomenclature on clinical and basic researches of peri-operative cognitive impairments in the future.