Multimodal prehabilitation to reduce the incidence of delirium and other adverse events in elderly patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery: An uncontrolled before-and-after study.

Multimodal prehabilitation to reduce the incidence of delirium and other adverse events in elderly patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery: An uncontrolled before-and-after study.

<h4>Background</h4>Delirium is a common and serious complication in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, with significant adverse outcomes. Successful strategies or therapies to reduce the incidence of delirium are scarce. The objective of this study was to assess the rol...

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Main Authors: T L Janssen, E W Steyerberg, J C M Langenberg, C C H A van Hoof- de Lepper, D Wielders, T C J Seerden, D C de Lange, J H Wijsman, G H Ho, P D Gobardhan, R van Alphen, L van der Laan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218152

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218152

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