Incidence of delirium after non-cardiac surgery in the Chinese elderly population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

POD places a heavy burden on the healthcare system as the number of elderly people undergoing surgery is increasing annually because of the aging population. As a large country with a severely aging population, China's elderly population has reached 267 million. There has been no summary analysis of the pooled incidence of POD in the elderly Chinese population.

Methods

Systematic search databases included PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, Cochrane Library Databases, China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), WanFang Database, and Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals (VIP). The retrieval time ranged from the database's establishment to February 8, 2023. The pooled incidence of delirium after non-cardiac surgery was c

SUBMITTER: Gong XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10346854 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature