Clinical, Surgical, and Socio-Psychological Factors and Depression Post-Cardiothoracic Surgery.

CONCLUSION: High depressive scores post-cardiac surgery suggest that perioperative screening and management of depression following surgery are necessary and may improve outcomes of these patients who are at high risk for depression. Further understanding of the factors which contribute to high depression scores is required to facilitate clinical intervention. PMID: 32707196 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research