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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
Volume 57, Issue 8, Pages 1354-1361Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02377.x
Keywords
delirium; risk factors; BMI; hip fracture
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate risk factors for preoperative and postoperative delirium. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Departments of orthopedic surgery in two Norwegian hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred sixty-four patients with and without cognitive impairment, aged 65 and older. MEASUREMENTS Patients were screened daily for delirium using the Confusion Assessment Method. Established risk factors and risk factors regarded as clinically important according to expert opinion were explored in univariate analyses. Variables associated with the outcomes (P <.05) were entered into multivariate logistic regression models. RESULTS Delirium was present in 50 of 237 (21.1%) assessable patients preoperatively, whereas 68 of 187 (36.4%) patients developed delirium postoperatively (incident delirium). Multivariate logistic regression identified four risk factors for preoperative delirium: cognitive impairment (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=4.7, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.9-11.3), indoor injury (AOR=3.6, 95% CI=1.1-12.2), fever (AOR=3.4, 95% CI=1.5-7.7), and preoperative waiting time (AOR=1.05, 95% CI=1.0-1.1 per hour). Cognitive impairment (AOR=2.9, 95% CI=1.4-6.2), indoor injury (AOR=2.9, 95% CI=1.1-6.3), and body mass index (BMI) less than 20.0 (AOR=2.9, 95% CI=1.3-6.7) were independent and statistically significant risk factors for postoperative delirium. CONCLUSION Time from admission to operation is a risk factor for preoperative delirium, whereas low BMI is an important risk factor for postoperative delirium in hip fracture patients. Cognitive impairment and indoor injury are independent risk factors for preoperative and postoperative delirium.
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