Hypertension, mitral valve disease, atrial fibrillation and low education level predict delirium and worst outcome after cardiac surgery in older adults

BACKGROUND: Delirium is a common complication after cardiac surgery in older adult patients. However, risk factors and the influence of delirium on patient outcomes are not well established. We aimed to determine the incidence, predisposing and triggering factors of delirium following cardiac surger...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Fátima R., Oliveira, Victor H., Oliveira, Ítalo M., Lima, José W., Calderaro, Daniela, Gualandro, Danielle M., Caramelli, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29390969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-018-0481-0

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