Open AccessIncidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in patients admitted to the ICU after elective intracranial surgery
Author(s) -
Chunmei Wang,
Huawei Huang,
Yumei Wang,
Xuan He,
Xu Sun,
Yimin Zhou,
Guobin Zhang,
Hongqiu Gu,
Jianxin Zhou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000001074
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , incidence (geometry) , emergence delirium , odds ratio , craniotomy , surgery , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
Postoperative delirium (POD) has been confirmed as an important complication after major surgery. However, neurosurgical patients have usually been excluded in previous studies. To date, data on POD and risk factors in patients after intracranial surgery are scarce.