Forbidden word entropy of cerebral oximetric values predicts postoperative neurocognitive decline in patients undergoing aortic arch surgery under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

Purpose: Up to 53% of cardiac surgery patients experience postoperative neurocognitive decline. Cerebral oximetry is designed to detect changes in cerebral tissue saturation and therefore may be useful to predict which patients are at risk of developing neurocognitive decline. Methods: This is a ret...

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Main Authors: Anna Dubovoy, Peter Chang, Carol Persad, Wei Lau, Elizabeth Jewell, Daniel Cox, Milo Engoren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2017;volume=20;issue=2;spage=135;epage=140;aulast=Dubovoy