Flaws in the serum anticholinergic activity assay: Implications for the study of delirium

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1707-1708

  Cox, Elizabeth A ^a   Kwatra, Shawn G ^a   Shetty, Shaanan ^a   Kwatra, Madan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE;

ACCURACY; AGED; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SERUM;

AGED; ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; RATS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 69549124151     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02411.x     Document Type: Letter

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