Psychiatric morbidity in elderly surgical patients

One hundred patients aged 65 and over were psychiatrically assessed before and in the first week after elective surgery. Thirteen were psychiatrically ill before operation and 21 developed post-operative illness. Post-operative confusional states (14 patients) were associated with physical complicat...

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Published inBritish journal of psychiatry Vol. 138; p. 17
Main Author Millar, H R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.01.1981
Subjects
Aged
Analgesia
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mood Disorders - etiology
Postoperative Complications - psychology
Surgical Procedures, Operative - psychology
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Summary:One hundred patients aged 65 and over were psychiatrically assessed before and in the first week after elective surgery. Thirteen were psychiatrically ill before operation and 21 developed post-operative illness. Post-operative confusional states (14 patients) were associated with physical complications but not with environmental or pre-operative psychiatric variables. Affective disorders either improved following successful surgery (5 patients) persisted or developed after operation in association with continuing physical illness (6 patients).
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.138.1.17