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dc.contributor.authorIlango, Sivarajah
dc.contributor.authorPulle, Ranjeev Chrys
dc.contributor.authorBell, Jack
dc.contributor.authorKuys, Suzanne S
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-09T01:21:54Z
dc.date.available2018-11-09T01:21:54Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1440-6381
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ajag.12212
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141361
dc.description.abstractAim: Postoperative delirium is common among elderly hip surgery patients. We aimed to pragmatically evaluate whether type of anaesthesia influenced postoperative delirium in an orthogeriatric population following hip fracture. Method: This observational study comprises prospectively collected data on hip fracture patients admitted between October 2010 and November 2011. Delirium was diagnosed clinically by geriatricians. Results: Of the 344 patients admitted, seven managed conservatively and 19 with incomplete data were excluded; 318 patients were analysed. Average age was 81.6 (SD 9.8) years; 28% were men and 167 (53%) were administered general anaesthesia. Mean length of stay was 18 (SD 9.4) days. Overall, 172 patients (54%) experienced delirium. There was no apparent difference in postoperative delirium by anaesthetic type (88 vs 84, P = 0.15). Conclusion: Delirium was common in both general and spinal anaesthetic patients. Further randomised controlled trials would be required to determine whether anaesthesia type influenced delirium rates.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
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dc.relation.ispartofpageto6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralasian Journal on Ageing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleGeneral versus spinal anaesthesia and postoperative delirium in an orthogeriatric population
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.rights.copyright© 2015 ACOTA. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: General versus spinal anaesthesia and postoperative delirium in an orthogeriatric population, Australasian Journal on Ageing, Volume35, Issue1, March 2016, Pages 42-47, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/ajag.12212. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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gro.griffith.authorKuys, Suzanne S.
gro.griffith.authorIlango, Sivarajah


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