{"title":"老年人术后谵妄。","authors":"M Kelly","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older patients are at a higher risk for postoperative delirium. Symptoms of delirium are flucuating sensorium, altered perception and attention levels, and increased confusion. The incidence of delirium after surgery does not correlate with a specific anesthetic agent or the route of administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"19 5","pages":"10-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Postoperative delirium in the elderly.\",\"authors\":\"M Kelly\",\"doi\":\"\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><p>Older patients are at a higher risk for postoperative delirium. Symptoms of delirium are flucuating sensorium, altered perception and attention levels, and increased confusion. The incidence of delirium after surgery does not correlate with a specific anesthetic agent or the route of administration.</p>\",\"PeriodicalId\":79468,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Today's surgical nurse\",\"volume\":\"19 5\",\"pages\":\"10-2\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"1997-09-01\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Today's surgical nurse\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Today's surgical nurse","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Older patients are at a higher risk for postoperative delirium. Symptoms of delirium are flucuating sensorium, altered perception and attention levels, and increased confusion. The incidence of delirium after surgery does not correlate with a specific anesthetic agent or the route of administration.