title: Postoperative Delirium in the Geriatric Patient.
abstract: Postoperative delirium, a common complication in older surgical patients, is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Patients older than 65 years receive greater than one-third of the more than 40 million anesthetics delivered yearly in the United States. This number is expected to increase with the aging of the population. Thus, it is increasingly important that perioperative clinicians who care for geriatric patients have an understanding of the complex syndrome of postoperative delirium.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code: HRC 5N, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: malcore@ohsu.edu.
authors: Katie J
authors: KJ
authors: Schenning
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors: Stacie G
authors: SG
authors: Deiner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003693:Delirium / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Geriatric; Management; Postoperative delirium; Risk factors; Screening