Malnutrition is not related with emergence delirium in older patients after noncardiac surgery

Abstract Background Delirium is one of the most common complications in older surgical patients. Although previous studies reported that preoperative malnutrition was related with postoperative delirium (POD), there was lack of evidence to illustrate the relationship between malnutrition and emergen...

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Main Authors: Fang Zhang, Shu-Ting He, Yan Zhang, Dong-Liang Mu, Dong-Xin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02270-2