Does postoperative delirium affect cognitive ability during the first year after cardiac surgery?
Patients after cardiac surgery
Postoperative delirium
Cognitive ability during the first year
Postoperative delirium following cardiac surgery is associated with an initial decline and prolonged cognitive impairment up to one year.
Delirium is associated with a significant decline in cognitive ability during the first year after cardiac surgery, with a trajectory characterized by an initial decline and prolonged impairment. (Funded by the Harvard Older Americans Independence Center and others.).
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Jane S. Saczynski
Edward R. Marcantonio
Lien Quach
New England Journal of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Hadassah Medical Center
General Department of Preventive Medicine
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Saczynski et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd426127c48be1bb40c806 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1112923