The short-term and long-term relationship between delirium and cognitive trajectory in older surgical patients

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 766-775

  Inouye, Sharon K ^a,b   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a,b   Kosar, Cyrus M ^b   Tommet, Douglas ^b,c   Schmitt, Eva M ^b   Travison, Thomas G ^a,b   Saczynski, Jane S ^b,d   Ngo, Long H ^a   Alsop, David C ^a   Jones, Richard N ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute confusional state; Cognitive decline; Delirium; Dementia; Geriatrics; Mild cognitive impairment; Surgical complications; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84969999097     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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