Presurgical Screening Improves Risk Prediction for Delirium in Elective Surgery of Older Patients: The PAWEL RISK Study

Presurgical Screening Improves Risk Prediction for Delirium in Elective Surgery of Older Patients: The PAWEL RISK Study

Introduction: The number of elective surgeries for patients who are over 70 years of age is continuously growing. At the same time, postoperative delirium (POD) is common in older patients (5–60%) depending on predisposing risk factors, such as multimorbidity, cognitive impairment, neurodegenerative...

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Main Authors: Gerhard W. Eschweiler, Manuel Czornik, Matthias L. Herrmann, Yvonne P. Knauer, Oksana Forkavets, Christine A. F. von Arnim, Michael Denkinger, Olivia Küster, Lars Conzelmann, Brigitte R. Metz, Christoph Maurer, Felix Kentischer, Friederike Deeken, Alba Sánchez, Sören Wagner, Eva Mennig, Christine Thomas, Michael A. Rapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
postoperative delirium
elective surgery
cognitive assessment
cognitive impairment
risk prediction
frailty
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2021.679933/full

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