Open AccessFactors associated with delirium after cardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Lina Maria Ordóñez-Velasco,
Edgar Hernández-Leiva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_43_20
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , perioperative , cardiac surgery , complication , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , tertiary referral hospital , stroke (engine) , risk factor , logistic regression , extracorporeal circulation , surgery , emergency medicine , anesthesia , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
Delirium is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery and is associated with a higher incidence of morbidity and mortality and a prolonged hospital stay. However, knowledge of the variables involved in its occurrence is still limited; therefore, in this study, we evaluated the perioperative risk factors independently associated with this complication.