Posts by Yiying Zhang, MD, PhD
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Proof of Concept: Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis May Influence Postoperative Delirium
Yiying Zhang, MD, PhD, Zhongcong Xie, MD, PhD, and colleagues have provided proof of concept in patients that the gut–brain axis contributes to postoperative delirium, and they identified postoperative Parabacteroides distasonis as being associated with the delirium.
Biography
Yiying Zhang, MD, PhD, is an investigator in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.