Impact of delirium on postoperative frailty and long term cardiovascular events after cardiac surgery.

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common and critical complication after cardiac surgery. However, the relationship between POD and postoperative physical frailty and the effect of both on long-term clinical outcomes have not been fully explored.We aimed to examine the associations among POD, postop...

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Main Authors: Masato Ogawa, Kazuhiro P Izawa, Seimi Satomi-Kobayashi, Yasunori Tsuboi, Kodai Komaki, Yasuko Gotake, Yoshitada Sakai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Yutaka Okita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5747483?pdf=render