Preoperative Cognitive Performance Dominates Risk for Delirium Among Older Adults

Conclusion:
Risk of delirium is linearly and strongly related to presurgical cognitive performance level even at levels above the population median, which would be considered unimpaired.

Source: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology - October 6, 2016 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Jones, R. N., Marcantonio, E. R., Saczynski, J. S., Tommet, D., Gross, A. L., Travison, T. G., Alsop, D. C., Schmitt, E. M., Fong, T. G., Cizginer, S., Shafi, M. M., Pascual-Leone, A., Inouye, S. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research