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Delirium

Studies from R. Gao and co-authors have provided new information about delirium

Published in Mental Health Business Week, January 17th, 2009

According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "Postoperative delirium and its risk factors had been widely reported in several kinds of surgeries; however, there is only one known article relative to postoperative delirium in spinal surgery. We retrospectively examined the incidence of postoperative delirium and the probable risk factors in patients undergoing spinal surgery in our hospital, with the same aged non-delirium patients as controls, over a 6-month period."

"Studies about postoperative delirium were reviewed and referenced for variable factors collecting in our study. T tests, chi(2) test and logistic regression analysis were...

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