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Rivastigmine reduces postoperative delirium in elderly patients
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30192
Subject(s) - rivastigmine , medicine , delirium , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , acetylcholinesterase , postoperative cognitive dysfunction , cognition , dementia , donepezil , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , disease , physics , optics , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Elderly patients with cognitive impairment who received a rivastigmine patch in the period 3 days before to 7 days after hip surgery experienced less incidence and severity of postoperative delirium than patients who did not receive the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor treatment, a new study has found. No rivastigmine‐related complications occurred during surgery, the researchers added.

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