ReviewAnesthesiology clinics2015
Postoperative Delirium in the Geriatric Patient.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comparing sugammadex to neostigmine and their effects on delirium and postoperative cognitive function: A systematic review.Journal of perioperative practice · 2026Pooled it
- Risk factors for postoperative delirium in orthopedic surgery patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Incidence and risk factors for postoperative delirium after head and neck cancer surgery: an updated meta-analysis.BMC neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Risk factors for postoperative delirium following total hip or knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Association between frailty and postoperative delirium: a meta-analysis of cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of electroencephalography and regional cerebral oxygen saturation monitoring on perioperative neurocognitive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2020Pooled it
- Dexmedetomidine reduces postoperative cognitive and behavioral dysfunction in adults submitted to general anesthesia for non-cardiac surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)Pooled it
- Effect of preoperative oral carbohydrate on postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing lower extremity orthopedic surgery: a prospective randomized trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Trial
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- The Effects of Propofol and Sevoflurane on Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2020Trial
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- Importance of psychiatric evaluation and long-term outcomes of delirium in lung transplant recipients.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Perioperative care in older adults: a narrative review.European geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- Network pharmacology and experimental verification to explore the therapeutic mechanism of esketamine in postoperative cognitive dysfunction.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2026Article
- Improving Delirium Prediction in Surgery: Enhanced Machine Learning Models vs. Traditional Risk Scores.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Article
- Delirium After Prolapse Surgery Increases Complications: National Cohort Study.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Graded surgical stress reveals postoperative behavioral changes associated with systemic oxidative stress.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Autonomic Vulnerability Phenotype, Regional Cerebral Oxygen Saturation, and Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac, Non-Neurological Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- The Role of Internal Medicine or Hospitalist Co-Management in Surgical Specialties: Implications for Adult and Elderly Plastic Surgery Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- The genetic architecture of postoperative delirium after major surgery and its relationship with nonpostoperative neurocognitive conditions: A genome-wide association study.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
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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.
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