Association between genetic variants of the cholinergic system and postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients

• Main Authors: Maria Heinrich (Author), Miriam Sieg (Author), Jochen Kruppa (Author), Peter Nürnberg (Author), Peter H. Schreier (Author), Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach (Author), Per Hoffmann (Author), Markus M. Nöthen (Author), Jürgen Janke (Author), Tobias Pischon (Author), Arjen J. C. Slooter (Author), Georg Winterer (Author), Claudia D. Spies (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) are frequent and serious complications after surgery. We aim to investigate the association between genetic variants in cholinergic candidate genes according to the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes...