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Incidence and predictors of postoperative delirium in the older acute care surgery population: a prospective study

Author(s) -

Bianka Saravana-Bawan,

Lindsey M. Warkentin,

Diana Rucker,

Frances Carr,

Thomas A. Churchill,

Rachel G. Khadaroo

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.016817

Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , population , acute care , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , foley , intensive care medicine , foley catheter , logistic regression , surgery , catheter , health care , physics , environmental health , optics , economics , economic growth

Among older inpatients, the highest incidence of delirium is within the surgical population. Limited data are available regarding postoperative delirium risk in the acute care surgical population. The purpose of our study was to establish the incidence of and risk factors for delirium in an older acute care surgery population.

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