High C-Reactive Protein Predicts Delirium Incidence, Duration, and Feature Severity After Major Noncardiac Surgery.
Sarinnapha M VasunilashornSimon T DillonSharon K InouyeLong H NgoTamara G FongRichard N JonesThomas G TravisonEva M SchmittDavid C AlsopSteven D FreedmanSteven E ArnoldEran D MetzgerTowia A LibermannEdward R MarcantonioPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2017)
High preoperative and POD2 CRP were independently associated with delirium incidence, duration, and feature severity. CRP may be useful to identify individuals who are at risk of developing delirium.