Ketamine, a commonly used general anesthetic, can produce rapid and sustained
antidepressant effect. However, the efficacy and safety of the perioperative application of …

Background Postoperative delirium is common in older patients after spinal surgery. Many
reports investigating the risk factors for delirium after spinal surgery have been published …

Study Design: Literature review. Objective: The aim of this literature review is to examine the
effects of psychological disorders on postoperative complications, surgical outcomes, and …

Background. The present study aims to investigate the incidence and risk factors associated
with postoperative delirium in patients undergoing spine surgery. Methods. PubMed …

Study Design. A retrospective study of postoperative delirium after adult spinal deformity
(ASD) surgery. Objective. To identify the risk factors of post-ASD surgery delirium, including …

Background The incidence of spine surgery in elderly patients is increasing. Geriatric spine
surgery has 3 main concerns: osteoporosis, continuing degeneration and more deformity …

Background Postoperative delirium is a common psychiatric disorder among patients who
undergo spinal surgery. The purpose of current meta-analysis was to assess the potential …

Purpose To evaluate if preoperative assessment with A Quick Test of Cognitive Speed (AQT)
could increase the accuracy of predicting delirium after cardiac surgery compared to Mini …

Introduction Delirium is an acute and fluctuating change in attention and cognition that
increases the risk of functional decline, institutionalisation and death in hospitalised patients …

OBJECTIVES Depression is common in patients with cardiac disease. The importance of
preoperative depression for development of postoperative delirium (POD) following cardiac …