Why the study?
Does a preoperative psychiatric interview and minimization of recovery room stress reduce the risk of postoperative psychotic reaction in open-heart surgery patients?
Population
Patients who have undergone open-heart surgery (studied as two groups)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative period
Authors
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May support reduced postoperative psychosis risk after open-heart surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does a preoperative psychiatric interview and minimization of recovery room stress reduce the risk of postoperative psychotic reaction in open-heart surgery patients?
Preoperative psychiatric evaluation and reducing environmental stress in the recovery room may decrease the risk of postoperative psychosis in patients undergoing open-heart surgery.
Lazarus et al. (1968) studied this question.
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