Incidence of Postoperative Agitated Behavior in Nerve Block and Neuraxial Anesthesia: Retrospective Observational Study - Juniper Publishers
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Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine - Juniper Publishers Abstart Background: Postoperative delirium exacerbates
the prognosis of elderly surgical patients. Postoperative agitation or
confusion is one of the symptoms of hyperactive delirium. We
retrospectively evaluated the incidence of postoperative abnormal
psychomotor behavior in elderly surgical patients according to different
anesthetic methods: nerve block vs. neuraxial anesthesia. Methods: The medical records of 288 patients
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