Anaes SAQs · Anaesthesia for the co-morbid & elderly
The postoperative delirium in the elderly
Final SAQ — the risk factors (the age, the cognitive impairment, the frailty, the benzodiazepines, the anticholinergics, the long-acting opioids, the pain, the sleep disruption, the infection); the multicomponent prevention (the HELP); and the management (the precipitant correction, the supportive care).
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Discuss the risk factors, the prevention, and the management of the postoperative delirium in the elderly surgical patient.
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Discuss the risk factors, the prevention, and the management of the postoperative delirium in the elderly surgical patient.
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- [3]Cai X, et al. Perioperative interventions in preventing postoperative delirium. J Orthop Translat, 2026.PMID 42294468
- [42345746]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.