Postoperative Delirium in the Geriatric Patient

Katie J Schenning; Stacie G Deiner

doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2015.05.007

Postoperative Delirium in the Geriatric Patient

Anesthesiol Clin. 2015 Sep;33(3):505-16. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2015.05.007. Epub 2015 Jul 7.

Authors

Katie J Schenning¹, Stacie G Deiner²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code: HRC 5N, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: malcore@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Abstract

Postoperative delirium, a common complication in older surgical patients, is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Patients older than 65 years receive greater than one-third of the more than 40 million anesthetics delivered yearly in the United States. This number is expected to increase with the aging of the population. Thus, it is increasingly important that perioperative clinicians who care for geriatric patients have an understanding of the complex syndrome of postoperative delirium.

Keywords: Geriatric; Management; Postoperative delirium; Risk factors; Screening.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Delirium / epidemiology
Delirium / etiology*
Delirium / mortality
Delirium / psychology*
Geriatrics
Humans
Patients
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
Postoperative Complications / mortality
Postoperative Complications / psychology*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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