Postoperative delirium in older adults was associated with 40% faster cognitive decline, data from a prospective cohort study showed. Among older adults who developed delirium after major elective ...

Postoperative delirium may speed the rate of cognitive decline in older adults by 40%, a new study has found. Delirium is the most frequent postoperative complication in older adults, the researchers ...

Biomarkers can be useful to improve understanding of pathophysiology of POD, develop new treatment for POD, predict possible long term effects of delirium, stratify high risk patients and allow ...

A new screening method could help identify older people at increased risk for delirium after surgery, a significant and even life-shortening complication in this population. Older adults face delirium ...

Holocaust survivors may be at reduced risk of developing post-operative delirium, Israeli research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and ...

An interdisciplinary team from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine will evaluate the effectiveness of the ...

When I was a little kid, the local hospital was a very scary place. All I knew was what older boys told me: people went in, took their clothes off, and never came out. That memory resurfaced recently ...

Even minor mental or emotional strain prior to surgery extremely hinders recovery in senior patients. Distressed elders often worried about financial burden, family care, and other social burden, ...

Holocaust survivors may be at reduced risk of developing post-operative delirium, Israeli research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and ...