Identification of risk factors for delirium, cognitive decline, and dementia after cardiac surgery (FINDERI—find delirium risk factors): a study protocol of a prospective observational study

Abstract Background Postoperative delirium is a common complication of cardiac surgery associated with higher morbidity, longer hospital stay, risk of cognitive decline, dementia, and mortality. Geriatric patients, patients undergoing cardiac surgery, and intensive care patients are at a high risk o...

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Main Authors: Monika Sadlonova, Jonathan Vogelgsang, Claudia Lange, Irina Günther, Adriana Wiesent, Charlotte Eberhard, Julia Ehrentraut, Mareike Kirsch, Niels Hansen, Hermann Esselmann, Charles Timäus, Thomas Asendorf, Benedict Breitling, Mohammed Chebbok, Stephanie Heinemann, Christopher Celano, Ingo Kutschka, Jens Wiltfang, Hassina Baraki, Christine A. F. von Arnim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02732-4