Postoperative delirium: A preventable complication in the elderly surgical patient
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Postoperative delirium in the elderly.
Postoperative delirium is common in the elderly in the postoperative period. It can result in increased morbidity, delayed functional recovery, and prolonged hospital stay. In surgical patients, factors such as age, alcohol abuse, low baseline cognition, severe metabolic derangement, hypoxia, hypotension, and type of surgery appear to contribute to postoperative delirium. Anesthetics, notably a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2465-1028,1122-0643
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2017.842