Presents a study that determined the incidence of postoperative delirium in patients with
elective orthopaedic surgery and the risk factors associated with the pharmacological agents …

Advancements in surgical and anaesthetic techniques have improved overall morbidity and
mortality in patients undergoing major general and cardiac surgery. However postoperative …

PURPOSE: The purpose was to compare change in cognitive function and health-related
quality of life 6 months after hip surgery in patients who experienced postoperative delirium …

Using a portable infusion pump, intravenous opioid patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
permits a patient to selfdeliver a small bolus of opioid to achieve prompt relief without over …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a major health problem, and accounts for 50 to 60% of all
cases of dementia. The two histopathological hallmarks of AD are senile plaques, composed …

The purposes of epidemiological research are to describe and define disorders; to provide
prevalence and incidence rates to inform service development and evaluation; and to …

Background This study aims to define the incidence and risk factors of both emergence
agitation and hypoactive emergence in adult patients and substance-dependent patients …

This study evaluated content validity, internal consistency and construct validity of the Strain
of Care for Delirium Index (SCDI), a newly constructed instrument to measure the strain …

Central anticholinergic syndrome can produce delirium after anesthesia. This syndrome is
caused by blockade of muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the central nervous system …