Delirium after cardiac surgery. Incidence, phenotypes, predisposing and precipitating risk factors, and effects

In cardiac surgical patients little is known about different phenotypes of delirium and how the symptoms fluctuate over time.Evaluate risk factors, incidence, fluctuations, phenotypic characteristics and impact on patients' outcomes of delirium.Prospective longitudinal study. In postoperative intensive care unit 199 patient were assessed three-times a day through an adapted versions of the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist.Delirium and...