The predisposing and precipitating risk factors for delirium in neurosurgery: a prospective cohort study of 949 patients.
Carl Moritz ZipserJeremy DeuelJutta ErnstMaria SchubertRoland von KänelSönke BöttgerPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2019)
Delirium in acute neurosurgical patients was associated with longer hospitalization. Whereas common etiologies of delirium like infections and dementia, did not predict delirium, pre-existing neurovascular and traumatic diseases, as well as surgery-related events seem important risk factors contributing to delirium in neurosurgery.
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