title: Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery: An Unavoidable Menace?
authors.affiliation: Department for Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine, and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: alexa.hollinger@usb.ch.
authors.forename: Alexa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hollinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Baden, Baden, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegemund
authors.affiliation: Department for Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine, and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nicolai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goettel
authors.affiliation: Department for Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine, and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Luzius A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies
keywords: cardiac surgery; postoperative cognitive decline; postoperative delirium