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Feasibility of routine pre-operative neurocognitive screening in older adults

Authors	NEKVINDOVA Klara GABRHELIK Tomas VRBICA Kamil PANOVA Katerina CHALOUPECKA Marie PROKOPOVÁ Tereza ZEMANOVÁ Jitka SNOPEK Petr HUSKOVA Jitka FAJKUS Martin MALEK Jiri IVANOVA Katerina DUSKA Frantisek GÁL Roman MICHALEK Pavel
Year of publication	2026
Type	Peer-reviewed scientific article
Magazine / Source	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
web	https://www.ovid.com/jnls/ejanaesthesiology/fulltext/10.1097/eja.0000000000002454~feasibility-of-routine-pre-operative-neurocognitive
Doi	https://doi.org/10.1097/EJA.0000000000002454
Keywords	Preoperative neurocognitive screening; older adults; cognitive impairment; perioperative care; feasibility study
Description	International guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) and the ASA recommend routine pre-operative cognitive screening to identify patients at increased risk of delirium, support individualised peri-operative planning and enhance informed consent and shared decision-making. Even with universal delirium prevention bundles, recognising cognitive vulnerability refines peri-operative management and enables tailored care.