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Effects of Apolipoprotein Ε ε4 allele on early postoperative cognitive dysfunction after anesthesia.
Der Anaesthesist - 1 Dec 2021
Ding Deng-Feng, Wang Ping, Jiang Yuan-Xu, Zhang Xue-Ping, Shi Wei, Luo Yao-Wen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is one of the main causes of morbidity after noncardiac surgery; however, the pathogenic mechanisms of POCD have remained unclear until now. In this study, we performed a pilot study to investigate the association between apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ε4 and POCD in older patients undergoing intravenous anesthesia (IVA) and inhalation anesthesia (IAA). METHODS: In...
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