A risk assessment system based on preoperative factors was fairly specific in predicting postoperative delirium risk in patients having major elective surgery.

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  • Hedda Agüero-Torres
چکیده

Description of prediction guide Patients were evaluated on preoperative medication use; medical history including chronic or acute illness, smoking habits, alcohol use, psychological or neurological disease, and history of delirium; laboratory tests; functional and cognitive status using the Specific Activity Scale and the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS); and comorbid conditions. The expected delirium risk was calculated using the BWD scoring system (score range 0–8).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Evidence-based mental health

دوره 5 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002