Do Risk Prediction Models for Postoperative Delirium Consider Patients' Preoperative Medication Use?
Gizat Molla KassieTuan A NguyenLisa M Kalisch EllettNicole L PrattElizabeth E RougheadPublished in: Drugs & aging (2018)
While medications are commonly cited risk factors for delirium, they are not adequately considered when developing RPMs. Future studies aiming to develop an RPM for postoperative delirium should include preoperative medication data as a potential predictor variable because of the modifiable nature of medication use and its impact on other factors commonly in models, such as cognition.
Keyphrases
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- acute kidney injury
- electronic health record
- emergency department
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- multiple sclerosis
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- machine learning
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