Postoperative Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit Predicts Worse Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients

Affiliations

Thomas Lescot: Critical Care Division, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Constantine J Karvellas: Division of Gastroenterology (Liver Unit) and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Prosanto Chaudhury: Department of Surgery and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Jean Tchervenkov: Department of Surgery and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Steven Paraskevas: Department of Surgery and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Jeffrey Barkun: Department of Surgery and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Peter Metrakos: Department of Surgery and Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Peter Goldberg: Critical Care Division, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sheldon Magder: Critical Care Division, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Delirium is common in intensive care unit patients and is associated with worse outcome.

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjgh/