Postoperative Delirium in Geriatric Patients after Emergency General Surgery

Postoperative delirium (POD) is associated with severe obstacles related to increased lengths of hospital stay, costs, morbidity, and mortality in elderly patients.1 The most important management of POD is based primarily on prevention and early recognition.2 Therefore, a more complete understanding of potential risk factors for POD in elderly patients undergoing surgery is needed. However, there has been little research aimed at finding the risk factors for POD. I have carefully read the article published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons by Saljuqi and colleagues,3 and his findings and conclusions are indeed interesting.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research