Advances in postoperative delirium in elderly patients with lung cancer / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

At present, more and more elderly patients with lung cancer have been treated with surgery. Postoperative delirium, as a common and serious postoperative complication in elderly patients, can increase the incidence of postoperative complications, extend the length of ICU stay time and hospitalization time, and even in-crease the hospitalization mortality in severe cases. This article reviewed the high-risk factors, pathogenesis, diag-nosis, prevention and treatment of postoperative delirium in elderly patients with lung cancer, so as to provide ref-erence for clinical management.