Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary comprehensive intervention model based on the Hospital Elderly Life Program to prevent delirium in patients with severe acute pancreatitis | Zendy

Zhixia Dong | Zendy; Jie Song | Zendy; Minhua Ge | Zendy; Chunyan Lin | Zendy; Jie Zhang | Zendy; Jie Chen | Zendy; Yanmin Wu | Zendy

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Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary comprehensive intervention model based on the Hospital Elderly Life Program to prevent delirium in patients with severe acute pancreatitis

Author(s) -

Zhixia Dong,

Jie Song,

Minhua Ge,

Chunyan Lin,

Jie Zhang,

Jie Chen,

Yanmin Wu

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm-20-913

Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , multidisciplinary approach , acute pancreatitis , intensive care medicine , intervention (counseling) , pancreatitis , emergency medicine , medical emergency , nursing , social science , sociology

Pancreatic encephalopathy is the most serious complication of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and substantially increases mortality. Delirium is a common clinical manifestation of pancreatic encephalopathy. This study aimed to assess the clinical effects of an improved version of the Hospital Elderly Life Program (HELP) on preventing delirium in elderly patients with SAP.

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