Determining Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation [Letter]

Zhao-Jing Xue, Yi Cheng, Fu-Shan Xue Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Fu-Shan XueDepartment of Anesthesiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO. 95 Yong-An Ro...

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Autores principales: Xue ZJ, Cheng Y, Xue FS
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2020
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Sumario:Zhao-Jing Xue, Yi Cheng, Fu-Shan Xue Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Fu-Shan XueDepartment of Anesthesiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO. 95 Yong-An Road, Xi-Cheng District, Beijing 100050, People’s Republic of ChinaTel +86-13911177655Fax +86-10-63138362Email xuefushan@aliyun.com In the recent article of Chen et al1 determining the risk factors for postoperative delirium (POD) in patients undergoing liver transplantation, the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that preoperative ammonia ≥46 μmol/L, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score ≥15, hepatic encephalopathy, anhepatic period, and aspartate aminotransferase at the first postoperative day were the independent risk factors for POD. The findings of this study have potential clinical implications, but there are several issues in methodology that need further clarification.   View the original paper by Chen and colleagues