Postoperative delirium in the elderly: Diagnosis and management

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-355

  Robinson, Thomas N ^a,b   Eiseman, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Geriatric; Postoperative; Review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLACEBO; PROMETHAZINE; RISPERIDONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIAMINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL STRESS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; DELIRIUM; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 47849130751     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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