Subscribe free

HPB & Spleen ·

Postoperative Delirium After Hepatic Resection

Study on 80,070 patients undergoing hepatic resection reveals a 1.46% occurrence of postoperative delirium, with key risk factors including older age, male sex, depression, and various comorbidities. Patients with delirium had longer hospital stays, higher costs, and increased mortality rates than those without. Understanding these factors is crucial for enhancing care management and outcomes in this patient population.

Journal Article by Liu R, Liu N (…) Wang M et 4 al. in BMC Surg

© 2024. The Author(s).

read the whole article in BMC Surg

open it in PubMed

Summaries are written to help you decide what to read. They do not replace the full paper.

Free · 5 minutes a day

Get every new paper in HPB & Spleen.

Plus the Daily Selection: the five most relevant papers of the day, each cut to its key points.

Specialty newsletters: every new paper in your field, as a list of titles linked to the source. Daily Selection: the five that matter, cut to their key points.

FreeNo spamOne-click unsubscribe

More in HPB & Spleen

The latest stitches

Surg Endosc6 Nov 2026

A new cut for robotic liver surgery

A close-to-open cutting method was used for robotic liver resection, with no bile leaks and shorter hospital stays than after laparoscopy.

All papers in HPB & Spleen →