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The assessment of risk factors for postoperative delirium using cubic spline curves in gastroenterological surgery.

Yuki OkawaKimitaka TanakaYoshitsugu NakanishiToshimichi AsanoTakehiro NojiYuma EbiharaYo KurashimaToru NakamuraSoichi MurakamiTakahiro TsuchikawaKeisuke OkamuraToshiaki ShichinoheSatoshi Hirano
Published in: Surgery today (2021)
The risk of postoperative delirium increases progressively at 50 years old and sharply at 70 years old. Advanced age, preoperative hypoalbuminemia, psychosis, sedative-hypnotics, and intensive-care unit admission are risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients > 50 years old undergoing gastroenterological surgery.
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