Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH JAMA Surgery on Post-Operative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients in
A study published in the Journal of American Medical Assocation (JAMA) Surgery titled "Effect of Delirium and Other Major Complications on Outcomes After Elective Surgery in Older Adults" and co-authored by JAHF grantee Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH evaluates the association of major postoperative complications and delirium, alone and combined, with adverse outcomes after surgery.
A study published in the Journal of American Medical Assocation (JAMA) Surgery titled "Effect of Delirium and Other Major Complications on Outcomes After Elective Surgery in Older Adults" and co-authored by JAHF grantee Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH evaluates the association of major postoperative complications and delirium, alone and combined, with adverse outcomes after surgery.
"Delirium, which is characterized by a sudden onset of confusion, is a concern for older adults having surgery or who are hospitalized," Dr. Sharon Inouye said, who is also the director of the Aging Brain Center at the Institute for Aging Research in Boston and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She also leads HELP, the Hospital Elder Life Program, a comprehensive, evidence-based, patient-care program that provides optimal care for older persons in the hospital. Dr. Inouye and her colleagues at the Yale University School of Medicine originally designed HELP to prevent delirium among hospitalized older persons.
Zara Cooper, MD and Thomas Robinson, MD, both Jahnigen Scholar, and Edward Marcantonio, MD, SM, a Beeson Scholar also co-authored the study.
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