Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional

Delirium (acute confusional state) is a common and disabling complication among surgical older people. It is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Its incidence varies by type of intervention and it is associated with several complications such as functional impairment, cognitive dysfunction, prolo...

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Autores principales: Vega P,Eduardo, Nazar J,Claudio, Rattalino F,Marcos, Pedemonte T,Juan, Carrasco G,Marcela
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2014
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720140004000102014-09-02Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacionalVega P,EduardoNazar J,ClaudioRattalino F,MarcosPedemonte T,JuanCarrasco G,Marcela Delirium Geriatrics Postoperative complications Delirium (acute confusional state) is a common and disabling complication among surgical older people. It is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Its incidence varies by type of intervention and it is associated with several complications such as functional impairment, cognitive dysfunction, prolonged hospitalization and institutionalization. These increase hospitalization costs and the risk of death. There are precipitating and predisposing risk factors, which increase the susceptibility for postoperative delirium. This condition should be considered as a syndrome of epidemiological importance, which needs to be prevented or treated in a timely manner through a multidisciplinary intervention. The perioperative care of elderly patients involves different medical specialties and is a subject of general knowledge.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.142 n.4 20142014-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872014000400010es10.4067/S0034-98872014000400010
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Delirium
Geriatrics
Postoperative complications
spellingShingle Delirium
Geriatrics
Postoperative complications
Vega P,Eduardo
Nazar J,Claudio
Rattalino F,Marcos
Pedemonte T,Juan
Carrasco G,Marcela
Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
description Delirium (acute confusional state) is a common and disabling complication among surgical older people. It is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Its incidence varies by type of intervention and it is associated with several complications such as functional impairment, cognitive dysfunction, prolonged hospitalization and institutionalization. These increase hospitalization costs and the risk of death. There are precipitating and predisposing risk factors, which increase the susceptibility for postoperative delirium. This condition should be considered as a syndrome of epidemiological importance, which needs to be prevented or treated in a timely manner through a multidisciplinary intervention. The perioperative care of elderly patients involves different medical specialties and is a subject of general knowledge.
author Vega P,Eduardo
Nazar J,Claudio
Rattalino F,Marcos
Pedemonte T,Juan
Carrasco G,Marcela
author_facet Vega P,Eduardo
Nazar J,Claudio
Rattalino F,Marcos
Pedemonte T,Juan
Carrasco G,Marcela
author_sort Vega P,Eduardo
title Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
title_short Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
title_full Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
title_fullStr Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
title_full_unstemmed Delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
title_sort delirium postoperatorio: una consecuencia del envejecimiento poblacional
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2014
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872014000400010
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