Avidan, Michael S.; Searleman, Adam C.; Storandt, Martha; Barnett, Kara; Vannucci, Andrea; Saager, Leif; Xiong, Chengjie; Grant, Elizabeth A.; Kaiser, Dagmar; Morris, John C.; Evers, Alex S.
Anesthesiology. 111(5):964-970, November 2009.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181bc9719
Neither demented nor nondemented participants in the Washington University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center had accelerated long-term cognitive decline attributable to surgery or major illness. Surgery and illness were not independently associated with progression to dementia.