Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly Surgical Patient

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-464

  Sieber, Frederick E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged cognition disorders; Delirium; Elderly; Postoperative complications diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; HYDROMORPHONE; PROPOFOL; SALBUTAMOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; VENTILATOR;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 70349754400     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2009.07.009     Document Type: Review

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