Association of preoperative frailty and postoperative delirium in older cancer patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery: A prospective observational study in Taiwan
Background: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common surgical complication in elderly patients. As frailty is a relatively novel concept, its clinical significance for POD has seldom been examined. This study aimed to investigate the association between frailty and POD in aged cancer patients underg...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Biomedical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417022001226 |