Performance and agreement of risk stratification instruments for postoperative delirium in persons aged 50 years or older.

Several risk stratification instruments for postoperative delirium in older people have been developed because early interventions may prevent delirium. We investigated the performance and agreement of nine commonly used risk stratification instruments in an independent validation cohort of consecut...

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Main Authors: Carolien J Jansen, Anthony R Absalom, Geertruida H de Bock, Barbara L van Leeuwen, Gerbrand J Izaks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113946