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What Causes Slurred Speech Post A By-pass Surgery?
I just learned of the term post operative cognitive dysfunction as I have a friend who had by-pass surgery on Monday and as of yesterday was having trouble putting sentences together and wasn t eating. There was talk of using a feeding tube if she didn t start eating yesterday. Can you tell me more about this situation?
Tue, 12 Jun 2018
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I would like to tell you that in by-pass surgery patient is exposed to perfusion machine that sometimes have bad effect on brain and can cause cognitive impairment but right treatment can make a big difference.
It is recommended for you to talk to your doctor for evaluation of cognitive impairment. Get evaluation done and start with medication to slow down Alzheimer's Disease.
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Dr. Bhanu Partap
I would like to tell you that in by-pass surgery patient is exposed to perfusion machine that sometimes have bad effect on brain and can cause cognitive impairment but right treatment can make a big difference.
It is recommended for you to talk to your doctor for evaluation of cognitive impairment. Get evaluation done and start with medication to slow down Alzheimer's Disease.
Hope to have been Helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr. Bhanu Partap
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