American Geriatrics Society abstracted clinical practice guideline for postoperative delirium in older adults.

ABSTRACT: The abstracted set of recommendations presented here provides essential guidance both on the prevention of postoperative delirium in older patients at risk of delirium and on the treatment of older surgical patients with delirium, and is based on the 2014 American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Guideline. The full version of the guideline, American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults is available at the website of the AGS. The overall aims of the study were twofold: first, to present nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions that should be implemented perioperatively for the prevention of postoperative delirium in older adults; and second, to present nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions that should be implemented perioperat

SUBMITTER: American Geriatrics Society Expert Panel on Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5901697 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature