Researchers from the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), in collaboration with scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and ...

More than half of a cohort of elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnea developed postoperative delirium after knee surgery, according to recent results. Researchers from several sites in the ...

For patients at high risk of postoperative delirium, interventions include medication management and family education. Preoperative cognitive assessments can identify patients at high risk of ...

The expert panel members represented 20 disciplines and included both a representative of the National Committee for Quality Assurance and a caregiver representative. "Our panel completed an extensive ...

Postoperative delirium was significantly associated with increased likelihood of death or major complications, 30-day mortality, and nonhome discharge, though this risk varied across US hospitals.

A new study in patients reveals that two newly identified plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease can predict postoperative delirium, one of the most common postoperative complications in older ...

Marked by acute temporary confusion, disorientation and/or agitation, postoperative delirium is the most common post-surgical complication in older adults, striking as many as half of adults older ...

WORCESTER, MA –Older patients undergoing cardiac surgery often experience changes in cognitive function, such as memory problems or an inability to focus, in the days immediately following their ...

Elderly patients with a history of sleep apnea may be more likely to experience postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the April issue of Anesthesiology. Researchers initially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Depressive symptoms were associated with underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology and postoperative delirium in ...

Researchers from the Harvard affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), in collaboration with scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical ...

Holocaust survivors may be at reduced risk of developing post-operative delirium, Israeli research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and ...