Introduction As evidence-based effective treatment protocols for delirium after cardiac
surgery are lacking, efforts should be made to identify risk factors for preventive …

Delirium is an acute syndrome that involves fluctuating changes in attention and cognition.
Although delirium is the most common neurologic complication after cardiac operation, data …

Background: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a serious complication after cardiac surgery.
Use of dexmedetomidine to prevent delirium is controversial. The authors hypothesized that …

Importance Postoperative neurocognitive disorders (PNDs) after surgical procedures are
common and may be associated with increased health care expenditures. Objective To …

Objective Machine learning models trained on electronic health records have achieved high
prognostic accuracy in test datasets, but little is known about their embedding into clinical …

Purpose To evaluate the performance of delirium‐identification algorithms in administrative
claims and drug utilization data. Methods We used data from a prospective study of 184 …

Background. Previous studies provide inconsistent data on whether postoperative delirium
(POD) is a risk factor for postoperative cognitive decline (POCD). We thus investigated the …

Delirium Background Accurate recording of delirium in discharge summaries (DS) and
hospital administrative systems (HAS) is critical for patient care. Objective To systematically …

BACKGROUND: Delirium is common after cardiac surgery and may be partly related to the
systemic inflammatory response triggered by the surgery and the use of cardiopulmonary …

Using the academic health sciences network of a universal health insurance plan as the
reference standard, 4353 subjects were linked to HA data from claims made 2 years before …