Association of cholinesterase activities and POD in older adult abdominal surgical patients

Abstract Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is a frequent complication after surgery. Older adult patients undergoing abdominal surgery are at higher risk for developing POD. Studies on the association of cholinesterase activities and POD are rare, but leading hypotheses implicate that the chol...

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Main Authors: Zdravka Bosancic, Claudia D. Spies, Anika Müller, Georg Winterer, Sophie K. Piper, Maria Heinrich, on behalf of the BioCog Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01826-y