General versus spinal anaesthesia and postoperative delirium in an orthogeriatric population

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-47

  Ilango, Sivarajah ^a   Pulle, Ranjeev Chrys ^a   Bell, Jack ^a   Kuys, Suzanne S ^a,b  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Delirium; Hip fractures; Hip surgery; Older people; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941686339     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12212     Document Type: Article

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