The following is a summary of “Windows in the ICU and Postoperative Delirium: A Retrospective Cohort Study,” published in the ...

Delirium is characterized by an acute change in cognition, accompanied by either altered consciousness or disorganized ...

Postoperative delirium is frequently seen in cardiac surgery patients, affecting as many as 52% of individuals undergoing these procedures. Moreover, delirium following cardiac surgery is ...

Introduction Delirium is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgery in the elderly. Future studies aimed at preventing postoperative delirium will need an accurate estimate of ...

ICU delirium can be associated with a multitude of factors including underlying and acute medical conditions, pharmacologic agents or treatment regimens like surgery. Currently there is no definitive ...

The goal of this review is to provide relevant information that can be used to manage acute postoperative pain in the older adult. This article will attempt to describe the assessment of pain in ...

Objective: To explore the impact of statin use on cognition. Data Sources: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE (1950-November 2011), EMBASE (1980-November 2011), and the Cochrane ...

In March 2008, a female patient was admitted in a highly reputable hospital with a swelling in the neck that was diagnosed as a toxic thyroid goiter, for which she underwent surgery to remove it.

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There are a number of physical reasons why a person’s postoperative pain might become chronic, including nerve damage, scar tissue formation, tissue damage during surgery, and post-surgical ...