title: Cognitive decline after surgery and anaesthesia: correlation does not mean causation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. annemarie.docherty@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.|Department of Geriatric Medicine, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Shenkin
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000776:Anesthesiology; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications
keywords: anaesthesia; cohort study; dementia; epidemiology; postoperative cognitive dysfunction; surgery