Prevention and treatment options for postoperative delirium in the elderly

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 515-521

  Popp, Julius ^a   Arlt, Sönke ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Postoperative delirium; Precipitating factors; Predisposing factors; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DONEPEZIL; HALOPERIDOL; MELATONIN; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CAUSALITY; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867331369     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328357f51c     Document Type: Review

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