Perspectives, Opinions and Curiosities · 19 March 2024

Heterogeneity of Postoperative Delirium: Preoperative Screening Inadequate for Hallucinatory Risk

This exploratory study on postoperative delirium in elective cancer surgery found that preoperative cognitive screening tools like the Mini-Cog and Geriatric-8 (G8) scores cannot detect hallucinatory delirium risk. Among patients who developed delirium, those with hallucinations had higher cognitive function and less frailty, indicating a subgroup not identified by conventional screening.

Journal Article by Yajima S, Nakanishi Y (…) Masuda H et 5 al. in Eur J Surg Oncol

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