Current anesthesiology reports
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Curr Anesthesiol Rep · Jul 2018
An update on postoperative delirium: Clinical features, neuropathogenesis, and perioperative management.
We present a focused review on postoperative delirium for anesthesiologists, encompassing clinical features, neuropathogenesis, and clinical identification and management strategies based on risk factors and current delirium treatments. ⋯ Postoperative delirium is prevalent, poorly understood, and often missed with current screening techniques. Proper identification of risk factors is useful for perioperative interventions and can help tailor patient-specific management strategies.