ReviewPsychopharmacology2022
General anesthesia bullies the gut: a toxic relationship with dysbiosis and cognitive dysfunction.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Regulatory T cells in perioperative neurocognitive disorders: a systematic review with structured narrative synthesis from molecular mechanisms to clinical translation.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- From neuroinflammation to neuroprotection: a bibliometric analysis of anesthesia-associated postoperative cognitive dysfunction to guide clinical research (2000-2024).Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Electroencephalography Monitoring for Preventing Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Decline in Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Changes in the gut microbiota of patients with sarcopenia based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Early intravenous branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrition supplementation in older patients undergoing gastric surgery: a randomized clinical trial.Nutrition journal · 2024Trial
- Gut‑brain axis in anesthesia and critical illness: Molecular crosstalk and its impact on delirium and outcome (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Evolving Trends and Collaborative Networks in Postoperative Delirium Research: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Complete Tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary nodules: association with faster recovery, less pain, and shorter hospital stay.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Perioperative gut microbiota homeostasis and its interactions with anesthetic agents: recent advances.American journal of translational research · 2026Review
- Contribution of the Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis to Intergenerational Abnormalities in a Rat Model of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder.Anesthesiology · 2025Article
- From Bench to Bedside: New Frontiers in Understanding and Treating Postoperative Delirium.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Acute perioperative alterations in metabolism: A pilot study using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics.Surgery · 2025Article
- The Role of the Intestinal Flora and Its Derivatives in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Narrative Review from Surgical Perspective.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Poop for thought: Can fecal microbiome transplantation improve cognitive function in aging dogs?Open veterinary journal · 2025Review
- Impact of fracture fixation surgery on cognitive function and the gut microbiota in mice with a history of stroke.Open life sciences · 2025Article
- Interaction between gut microbiota and anesthesia: mechanism exploration and translation challenges focusing on the gut-brain-liver axis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Role of gut microbiota in neuroinflammation: a focus on perioperative neurocognitive disorders.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Review
- Nanopathways modulating postoperative cognitive dysfunction: extracellular vesicles.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Postoperative neurocognitive disorders in the elderly: how can we stop the harm? A literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- The Effects of Hyperlipidemia on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gynecological Tumor Surgery.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Article
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Abstract
Perioperative neurocognitive disorder (PND) is a common surgery outcome affecting up to a third of the elderly patients, and it is associated with high morbidity and increased risk for Alzheimer's disease development. PND is characterized by cognitive impairment that can manifest acutely in the form of postoperative delirium (POD) or after hospital discharge as postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Although POD and POCD are clinically distinct, their development seems to be mediated by a systemic inflammatory reaction triggered by surgical trauma that leads to dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier and facilitates the occurrence of neuroinflammation. Recent studies have suggested that the gut microbiota composition may play a pivotal role in the PND development by modulating the risk of neuroinflammation establishment. In fact, modulation of gut microbiome composition with pre- and probiotics seems to be effective for the prevention and treatment of PND in animals. Interestingly, general anesthetics seem to have major responsibility on the gut microbiota composition changes following surgery and, consequently, can be an important element in the process of PND initiation. This concept represents an important milestone for the understanding of PND pathogenesis and may unveil new opportunities for the development of preventive or mitigatory strategies against the development of these conditions. The aim of this review is to discuss how anesthetics used in general anesthesia can interact and alter the gut microbiome composition and contribute to PND development by favoring the emergence of neuroinflammation.
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