IS POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM RELATED TO REDUCED PLASMA TRYPTOPHAN

被引：46

作者：

VANDERMAST, RC

FEKKES, D

MOLEMAN, P

PEPPLINKHUIZEN, L

机构：

[1] Department of Psychiatry, Dijkzigt Hospital, 3015 GD Rotterdam

来源：

LANCET | 1991年 / 338卷 / 8771期

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D O I：

10.1016/0140-6736(91)91504-N

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

The cause of postoperative delirium is unknown. In 7 patients with postcardiotomy delirium (6 men, 1 woman; mean age 67 years), we observed a plasma concentration of tryptophan and a plasma tryptophan ratio significantly lower than in 8 non-delirious postoperative control patients. We suggest that the mental symptoms of postcardiotomy delirium are the consequence of a reduced cerebral tryptophan availability due to a catabolic state.

引用

页码：851 / 852

页数：2

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