Marco Bandini, Michele Marchioni, Felix Preisser, Sebastiano Nazzani, Zhe Tian, Markus Graefen, Francesco Montorsi, Fred Saad, Shahrokh F Shariat, Luigi Schips, Alberto Briganti, Pierre I Karakiewicz
INTRODUCTION: Very few population-based assessments of delirium have been performed to date. These have not assessed the implications of delirium after major surgical oncology procedures (MSOPs). We examined the temporal trends of delirium following 10 MSOPs, as well as patient and hospital delirium risk factors. Finally, we examined the effect of delirium on length of stay, inhospital mortality, and hospital charges. METHODS: We retrospectively identified patients who underwent prostatectomy, colectomy, cystectomy, mastectomy, gastrectomy, hysterectomy, nephrectomy, oophorectomy, lung resection, or pancreatectomy within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2003-2013)...
March 2020: Canadian Urological Association Journal