Prevention of delirium with agitation by yokukansan in older adults after cancer surgery.

Ryoichi SadahiroSaho WadaYutaka J MatsuokaYosuke UchitomiTakuhiro YamaguchiTetsufumi SatoMinoru EsakiSeiichi YoshimotoHiroyuki DaikoYukihide KanemitsuAkira KawaiTomoyasu KatoHiroyuki FujimotoYasuhito UezonoKen ShimizuHiromichi Matsuoka

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2022)

This is the first study investigating the preventive effect of yokukansan on postoperative delirium with agitation in older adults. Yokukansan may alleviate workforce burdens in older adults caused by postoperative delirium with agitation following highly invasive cancer resection.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
physical activity
cardiac surgery
patients undergoing
squamous cell
hip fracture
minimally invasive
public health
young adults
coronary artery disease
acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention
surgical site infection