Preoperative medication use and development of postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction

• Main Authors: Maria Heinrich (Author), Anja Nottbrock (Author), Friedrich Borchers (Author), Rudolf Mörgeli (Author), Jochen Kruppa (Author), Georg Winterer (Author), Arjen J. C. Slooter (Author), Claudia Spies (Author), the BioCog Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative (neuro‐)cognitive disorder (POCD) are frequent and serious complications after operations. We aim to investigate the association between pre‐operative polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications and the development of POD/POCD in eld...