Post-surgical delirium higher in older adults who exhibit depressive symptoms
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5 May 2021Post-surgical delirium higher in older adults who exhibit depressive symptoms
Screening for even mild depressive symptoms before hip fracture repair may be helpful in predicting which patients are at higher risk of developing delirium after emergency surgery, according to results of a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine. The researchers say their findings also add to evidence that symptoms of depression and postoperative delirium may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, although those findings were not conclusive.
