Mortality associated with delirium after hip-surgery: a 2-year follow-up study | Zendy

Martin G. Kat | Zendy; Jos F. de Jonghe | Zendy; Ralph Vreeswijk | Zendy; Tjeerd van der Ploeg | Zendy; Willem A. van Gool | Zendy; Piet Eikelenboom | Zendy; Kees J. Kalisvaart | Zendy

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Mortality associated with delirium after hip-surgery: a 2-year follow-up study

Author(s) -

Martin G. Kat,

Jos F. de Jonghe,

Ralph Vreeswijk,

Tjeerd van der Ploeg,

Willem A. van Gool,

Piet Eikelenboom,

Kees J. Kalisvaart

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afr014

Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , haloperidol , hip surgery , surgery , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , confidence interval , arthroplasty , physics , optics , dopamine

delirium after hip-surgery is associated with poor outcome. Few studies examined the mortality risk associated with delirium in elderly hip-surgery patients after 1 year or more. Aim of this study was to examine the hazard risk associated with delirium in elderly hip-surgery patients at 2-year follow-up, controlling for baseline risk factors and interaction effects.

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