Dr. Katie Schenning
Dr. Katie Schenning is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, United States. Dr. Schenning is a clinical anesthesiologist and the Assistant Medical Director of the Preoperative Medicine Clinic at OHSU. Dr. Schenning’s research focuses on perioperative cognition, and she was recently awarded an Alzheimer's Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship Grant, as well as an NIA GEMSSTAR R03 and Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Professional Development Award for her project investigating the role of sex and biomarkers in postoperative cognitive and functional Decline.
Sex differences in postoperative cognitive functioning in older patients
Elderly adults are known to be at higher risk of cognitive dysfunction following surgical procedures, and there are known sex differences in cognitive decline rates in Alzheimer's disease, but no studies have really examined how sex as a biological variable may contribute to post-operative cognitive dysfunction. This blog, written by the authors of a recently published study in Biology of Sex Differences, explain their recent study which sought to address this question.
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