January 26, 2018Journal of General Internal Medicine168 citationsOpen Access
Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Delirium Following Elective Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Structured PICO
P
Population
Older adults following elective surgery
O
Outcome
Delirium
Frailty and psychotropic medication use are identified as potentially modifiable risk factors for postoperative delirium in older adults.
Abstract
Though caution must be used in interpreting meta-analyses of non-randomized studies due to the potential influence of unmeasured confounding, we identified potentially modifiable prognostic factors including frailty and psychotropic medication use that should be targeted to optimize care.