Association of preoperative frailty and postoperative delirium in older cancer patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery: A prospective observational study in Taiwan

Background: Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common surgical complication in elderly patients. As frailty is a relatively novel concept, its clinical significance for POD has seldom been examined. This study aimed to investigate the association between frailty and POD in aged cancer patients underg...

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Published in:	Biomedical Journal
Main Authors:	Chun-Yi Tsai, Keng-Hao Liu, Cheng-Chou Lai, Jun-Te Hsu, Shun-Wen Hsueh, Chia-Yen Hung, Kun-Yun Yeh, Yu-Shin Hung, Yung-Chang Lin, Wen-Chi Chou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-08-01
Subjects:	Cancer Surgery Delirium Frailty
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417022001226