Low preoperative plasma cholinesterase activity as a risk marker of postoperative delirium in elderly patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 621-626

  Cerejeira, Joaquim ^a,b   Batista, Pedro ^a   Nogueira, Vasco ^a,b   Firmino, Horácio ^a   Vaz Serra, Adriano ^b   Mukaetova Ladinska, Elizabeta B ^c  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Butyrylcholinesterase; Delirium; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHOLINESTERASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS BLOOD;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIRIUM; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051761917     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr053     Document Type: Article

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