Nearly 20% of patients who underwent surgery experienced postoperative delirium in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), with the risk being significantly higher in those reporting high levels of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older patients often suffer delirium after heart surgery, but this seems to be unrelated to pre-surgery anxiety and depression, according to a new study. "Delirium is a ...

Older people taking a drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia – nitrazepam – as well as those on antidepressants, are twice as likely to suffer postoperative delirium after hip and knee surgery, a new ...