Low preoperative plasma cholinesterase activity as a risk marker of postoperative delirium in elderly patients - Cerejeira, Joaquim; Batista, Pedro; Nogueira, Vasco; Firmino, Horácio; Vaz-Serra, Adriano; Mukaetova-Ladinska, Elizabeta B. (Age and ageing, 2011)
Keywords: Acetylcholinesterase - blood; Age Factors; Aged; Aged patients; Aged, 80 and over; Aging - blood; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - adverse effects; Bilirubin - blood; Biological markers; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Butyrylcholinesterase - blood; Calcium - blood; Candidates; Care and treatment; Chi-Square Distribution; Cohort analysis; Delirium; Delirium - blood; Delirium - diagnosis; Delirium - etiology; Down-Regulation; Elderly patients; Elective Surgical Procedures; Female; Genetic aspects; Haemoglobin; Hemoglobins - metabolism; Humans; International Normalized Ratio; Male; Middle Aged; Older people; Pathophysiology; Perioperative care; Plasma; Portugal; Postoperative period; Preoperative; Prospective Studies; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Sick elderly people; Surgery; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; United States; acetylcholinesterase; butyrylcholinesterase; acetylcholine; elderly; delirium