By any other name: consensus in the nomenclature of perioperative neurocognitive disorders

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In this issue of the Journal, a consensus document from Evered et al. describes a new nomenclature paradigm for understanding perioperative delirium and cognitive disorders.1 This important document serves to establish uniformity in this growing and continually evolving area of research where considerable heterogeneity in defining these disorders has previously existed. Indeed, this heterogeneity has been a significant hindrance to progress in better understanding this increasingly recognized group of neurologic disorders. Importantly, this article is also being simultaneously co-published in five other journals addressing the individual disciplines of anesthesia and Alzheimer’s disease. Part of the reason for this wide-ranging co-publication is the importance of this topic to all of the journals that commonly publish in this area. …