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 ...

Most hospitals and surgery centers provide brochures, either print or online, about the surgery itself. Whether it’s a knee replacement, transplant or heart ...

Aging Health. 2011;7(6):813-828. Common opioid side effects reported in the literature include urinary retention, pruritus, nausea and vomiting, CNS effects and respiratory effects. The incidence ...

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 ...

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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Two suspects – Georgian citizen Aqil Aslanov and Azerbaijani citizen Ceyhun Ismayilov – were apprehended near a Jewish center. Information ...