Association between modified frailty index and postoperative delirium in patients after cardiac surgery: A cohort study of 2080 older adults

• Published in: CNS neuroscience & therapeutics Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. e14762 - n/a
• Main Authors: Cheng, Hongtao, Ling, Yitong, Li, Qiugui, Li, Xinya, Tang, Yonglan, Guo, Jiayu, Li, Jing, Wang, Zichen, Ming, Wai‐kit, Lyu, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Benzodiazepines; cardiac surgery; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Cerebrovascular diseases; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Creatinine; Delirium; Delirium - diagnosis; Delirium - epidemiology; Delirium - etiology; Female; Frailty; Frailty - diagnosis; Frailty - epidemiology; Heart; Heart surgery; Hemoglobin; Hospital costs; Humans; Intensive care; Leukocytes; Male; Marital status; Mechanical ventilation; modified frailty index; Mortality; older adults; Older people; Original; Patients; Physiology; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; postoperative delirium; pressure injury; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; Ventilators; Vital signs; pressure injury; older adults; frailty; cardiac surgery; modified frailty index; postoperative delirium

Aim To evaluate the association between frailty and postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly cardiac surgery patients. Methods A retrospective study was conducted of older patients admitted to the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery at a tertiary academic medical center in Boston from 2008 to 2...