The stress response to surgery and postoperative delirium: Evidence of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis hyperresponsiveness and decreased suppression of the GH/IGF-1 axis

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-194

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; cortisol; delirium; inflammation; insulin like growth factor 1; interleukins

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTISOL; DELIRIUM; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883201123     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988713495449     Document Type: Article

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