Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know
Delirium remains a challenging clinical problem in hospitalized older adults, especially for postoperative patients. This complication, with a high risk of postoperative mortality and an increased length of stay, frequently occurs in older adult patients. This brief narrative paper aims to review th...
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| author | Gabriele Melegari Arianna Gaspari Eugenia Gualdi Michele Zoli Stefano Meletti Alberto Barbieri |
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| description | Delirium remains a challenging clinical problem in hospitalized older adults, especially for postoperative patients. This complication, with a high risk of postoperative mortality and an increased length of stay, frequently occurs in older adult patients. This brief narrative paper aims to review the recent literature regarding delirium and its most recent update. We also offer physicians a brief and essential clinical practice guide to managing this acute and common disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e731f4f41d546bbac1ee800748c374b2023-11-30T22:24:52ZengMDPI AGSurgeries2673-40952022-02-0131284310.3390/surgeries3010006Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to KnowGabriele Melegari0Arianna Gaspari1Eugenia Gualdi2Michele Zoli3Stefano Meletti4Alberto Barbieri5Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41121 Modena, ItalyDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, Via del Pozzo 71, 41121 Modena, ItalySchool of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41121 Modena, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, ItalySchool of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41121 Modena, ItalyDelirium remains a challenging clinical problem in hospitalized older adults, especially for postoperative patients. This complication, with a high risk of postoperative mortality and an increased length of stay, frequently occurs in older adult patients. This brief narrative paper aims to review the recent literature regarding delirium and its most recent update. We also offer physicians a brief and essential clinical practice guide to managing this acute and common disease.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4095/3/1/6deliriumpostoperative complicationsdelirium perspectives |
| spellingShingle | Gabriele Melegari Arianna Gaspari Eugenia Gualdi Michele Zoli Stefano Meletti Alberto Barbieri Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know Surgeries delirium postoperative complications delirium perspectives |
| title | Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know |
| title_full | Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know |
| title_fullStr | Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know |
| title_short | Delirium in Older Adults: What a Surgeon Needs to Know |
| title_sort | delirium in older adults what a surgeon needs to know |
| topic | delirium postoperative complications delirium perspectives |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4095/3/1/6 |
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