Key result
Multidisciplinary care remains essential for preventing and managing postoperative delirium in elderly patients.
Why the study?
Postoperative delirium is a common acute disturbance after surgery that increases mortality, length of stay, institutionalization, and worsens prognosis.
Postoperative delirium is a common and severe condition in the elderly that requires multidisciplinary prevention and targeted pharmacological and non-pharmacological management.
Multidisciplinary strategies may aid postoperative delirium management in elderly patients; leaves open optimal protocols pending prospective trials.
BACKGROUND Postoperative delirium (POD) is an acute, transient and fluctuating disturbance of consciousness that occurs shortly after surgery. Its clinical importance is high, since it increases mortality, length of stay, institutionalization, and it is related to poor prognosis. AIM OF THE REVIEW The aim of this short review is to describe the epidemiology of POD, to assess risk factors of POD, to define the diagnosis and to focus on the possible pharmacologic and non pharmacologic therapies.
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Chiara Mussi (2013) conducted a review in Postoperative delirium. Postoperative delirium management was evaluated. Postoperative delirium is a common and serious condition in the elderly that requires a multidisciplinary approach for prevention, prompt diagnosis, and appropriate management.
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