Statins: Major Cause of Post-Operative Cognitive Disturbance.

As reported by........

Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor

As if my past 8 years of study, the writing of my book Lipitor, Thief of Memory dealing specifically with the cognition disturbances of statins, hundreds of e-mail messages from statin victims with cognitive loss and my writing of nearly one hundred essays relevant to the subject have not said enough, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published its own exposé of this subject.

Donald A. Redelmeier MD and others in their paper: 'Delerium after elective surgery among elderly patients taking statins,' reported the results of a massive study involving 284,158 consecutive patients in Ontario aged 65 years and older who were admitted for elective surgery.

They found 7% of the patients were taking statins. Overall, 3195 patients experienced postoperative cognitive disturbance. The rate was much higher among patients taking statins than among those not taking statins. They did not observe an increased risk of delirium with 20 other cardiac or non-cardiac medications.

They defined delirium as an acute change in mental status that is worrisome to patients and families, especially after elective surgery. This condition may contribute to delays in extubation ( removing a breathing tube ) a prolonged need for intensive care, increased risk of nosocomial infections (infections resulting from in-hospital treatment) and about a 1-week rise in total length of stay in hospital for the average patient.........................

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