Predicting postoperative delirium severity in older adults: The role of surgical risk and executive function.
Heidi LindrothLisa BratzkeSara TwadellPaul RowleyJanie KildowMara DannerLily TurnerBrandon HernandezRoger BrownRobert D SandersPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2019)
In this cohort, we identified NSQIP risk score for serious complications and a measure of executive function, TMT-B, to predict postoperative delirium severity using advanced modeling techniques. Future studies should investigate the utility of these variables in a formal delirium severity prediction model.