Added value of anxiolytic benzodiazepines in predictive models on severe delirium in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: A retrospective analysis.

Toru KuboHitoshi FukudaToru KuboTsuyoshi OhtaTomoaki IshidaShumpei MorisawaTetushi KawazoeManami OkamotoHiroko FujitaKohei JobuYasuyo MoritaTetsuya UebaHiroaki KitaokaMitsuhiko Miyamura

Published in: PloS one (2021)

The use of anxiolytic benzodiazepines was independently correlated with severe delirium, and their use in models based on conventional risk factors had an additive value for predicting delirium in patients with ADHF.

Keyphrases

heart failure
cardiac surgery
risk factors
hip fracture
early onset
acute kidney injury
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
acute heart failure
ejection fraction