Fig. 1

A Overall incidence of patients with POD in scheduled and emergency surgery. Data are total numbers; p-values are given exact unless lower than 0.001. B Serum parameter AChE [U/gHb] in all patients with and without POD preoperatively, on postoperative day 1 and on postoperative day 3; data are shown as mean and upper and lower quartile and whiskers; p-values are given exact. C Serum parameter BuChE [U/L] in all patients with and without POD preoperatively, on postoperative day 1 and on postoperative day 3; data are shown as mean and upper and lower quartile and whiskers; p-values are given exact unless lower than 0.001