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Association of global DNA hypomethylation with post‐operative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients undergoing hip surgery
Author(s) -
Li Hui,
Wu TingTing,
Tang Lin,
Liu Qing,
Mao Xinzhan,
Xu Junmei,
Dai RuPing
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/aas.13502
Subject(s) - postoperative cognitive dysfunction , medicine , perioperative , cognitive decline , logistic regression , anesthesia , cognition , psychiatry , dementia , disease
Post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a decline of cognitive status that commonly occurs after surgery in elderly patients. Whether DNA methylation is associated with the development of POCD remains unclear.