Preoperative saccharine experience and postoperative fluid preference in adrenalectomized rats

Preoperative cerebrospinal fluid β-Amyloid/Tau ratio and postoperative delirium

OBJECTIVE The neuropathogenesis of postoperative delirium remains unknown. Low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) βamyloid protein (Aβ) and high CSF Tau levels are associated with Alzheimer's disease. We therefore assessed whether lower preoperative CSF Aβ/Tau ratio was associated with higher incidence and greater severity of postoperative delirium. METHODS One hundred and fifty three participants (71...

Olfactory thresholds in normal and adrenalectomized rats.

Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: Experience with an Outpatient Preoperative Assessment Program

• Objective: To assess outcomes of patients referred to an internal medicine preoperative assessment program for evaluation preceding noncardiac surgery. • Design: Prospective cohort study. • Patients and setting: The study cohort was a convenience sample of patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery at an academic tertiary care medical center who were referred to the IMPACT (Internal Medicin...

Preoperative and Postoperative Treatment

Increased Salt Appetite in Adrenalectomized Rats

Adrenalectomized rats are known to have a defmitely increased salt need, inasmuch as the administration of large quantities of salt either greatly reduces or eliminates the symptoms of insufficiency, and actually increases the survival incidence But is this need accompanied by an increased salt appetite, and will the adrenalectomized rat, if given free access to salt take sufficient quantity to...