Indwelling urinary catheters, aortic valve treatment and delirium: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether an association exists between delirium and length of time indwelling urine catheters (IUC) are used in octogenarian patients treated with surgical aortic valve treatment (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary university hospital covering the western region of Norway.

Participants

Octogenarian patients undergoing elective SAVR or TAVI and willing to participate in the study were eligible. Patients unable to speak Norwegian were excluded. Between 2011 and 2013, 143 consecutive patients were included, and data from 136 of them are presented.

Primary outcome

Delirium.

Results

Logistic regression analysis shows that lower cognitive function was positive

SUBMITTER: Eide LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224736 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature