Current approach to diagnosis and treatment of delirium after cardiac surgery

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 328-337

  Evans, Adam ^a   Weiner, Menachem ^b   Arora, Rakesh ^c   Chung, Insung ^b   Deshpande, Ranjit ^d   Varghese, Robin ^b   Augoustides, John ^e   Ramakrishna, Harish ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Delirium; Postoperative critical care

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OLANZAPINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE;

ABBREVIATED COGNITIVE TEST FOR DELIRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE TEST FOR DELIRIUM; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM DETECTION SCORE; DELIRIUM TOOLBOX; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTENSIVE CARE DELIRIUM SCREENING CHECKLIST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MOBILIZATION; NEELON AND CHAMPAGNE CONFUSION SCALE; NURSING DELIRIUM SCORING SCALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP THERAPY; SURGICAL RISK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84964812041     PISSN: 09719784     EISSN: 09745181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.179634     Document Type: Review

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