title: Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning improves postoperative cognitive dysfunction by reducing oxidant stress and inflammation.
abstract: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is a crucial public health issue that has been increasingly studied in efforts to reduce symptoms or prevent its occurrence. However, effective advances remain lacking. Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning has proved to protect vital organs, such as the heart, liver, and brain. Recently, it has been introduced and widely studied in the prevention of postoperative cognitive dysfunction, with promising results. However, the neuroprotective mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain controversial. This review summarizes and highlights the definition and application of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning, the perniciousness and pathogenetic mechanism underlying postoperative cognitive dysfunction, and the effects that hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning has on postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Finally, we conclude that hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning is an effective and feasible method to prevent, alleviate, and improve postoperative cognitive dysfunction, and that its mechanism of action is very complex, involving the stimulation of endogenous antioxidant and anti-inflammation defense systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Xin
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Hai
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6763-9624
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: anti-inflammation; antioxidants; brain injury; cognitive dysfunction; hyperbaric oxygenation; inflammation; nerve regeneration; neural regeneration; oxidant stress; post-operation; preconditioning; protection; reactive oxygen species