Anticholinergic Drug Exposure Increases the Risk of Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery

Anticholinergic Drug Exposure Increases the Risk of Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery

IntroductionPostoperative delirium (POD) is a common and serious adverse event of surgery in older people. Because of its great impact on patients' safety and quality of life, identification of modifiable risk factors could be useful. Although preoperative medication intake is assumed to be an...

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Main Authors: Matthias L. Herrmann, Cindy Boden, Christoph Maurer, Felix Kentischer, Eva Mennig, Sören Wagner, Lars O. Conzelmann, Bernd R. Förstner, Michael A. Rapp, Christine A. F. von Arnim, Michael Denkinger, Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Christine Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
delirium
acute encephalopathy
surgery
anticholinergic
geriatric
postoperative
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.871229/full

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