Postoperative delirium and its influencing factors in elderly patients with lung cancer in the intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2020, there were 2,206,771 new cases of lung cancer worldwide, ranking first in mortality rate postoperative delirium (POD) is a common surgical complication and typically occurs 1-3 days after surgery which leads to prolonged hospital stay. The currently available research on POD in elderly patients was mainly carried out in cardiac surgery, orthopedic, and gastroenterology departments. It is necessary to study the incidence and risk factors of delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) elderly patients after lung cancer surgery.

Methods

This study is a single-center and singe-arm observational study which examined the incidence of and factors affecting POD in elderly patients with lung cancer in ICU at our center from September 2019 to May 2020. 22 relevant variab

SUBMITTER: Lu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992628 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature