Postoperative delirium in patients with head and neck oral cancer in the West of Scotland
Crawford, J.E. and Zubair, F. and Baniulyte, G. and Wales, C.J. and Ansell, M. and Thomson, E. and Hislop, S. and MacIver, C. and Devine, J. and McCaul, J. and Young, D. and McMahon, J. (2020) Postoperative delirium in patients with head and neck oral cancer in the West of Scotland. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. ISSN 0266-4356 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.08.116)
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Abstract
Our aims were to determine the prevalence and association of postoperative delirium (POD) in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients undergoing free flap reconstruction at the oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) Glasgow, and to assess whether these determinants can be modified to optimise patient care and reduce the occurrence of POD. Delirium remains an important problem in the postoperative care of patients undergoing major H&N surgery, and early detection and management improve overall outcomes. The patient database containing details of the preoperative physical status (including alcohol misuse, chronic comorbidity, and physiological status) of 1006 patients who underwent major H&N surgery with free-flap repair at the QEUH from 2009-2019, was analysed. Factors associated with delirium were studied, identifying univariate associations as well as multivariate models to determine independent risk factors. The incidence of POD was 7.5% (75/1006; 53 male:22 female; mean (SD) age 65.41 (13.16) years). POD was strongly associated with pre-existing medical comorbidities, excess alcohol, smoking, a prolonged surgical operating time (more than 700 minutes), tracheostomy, blood transfusion, and bony free flaps. Those with POD were at an increased risk of postoperative wound and lung complications, and were more likely to require a hospital stay of more than 21 days. Presurgical assessment should identify risk factors to optimise the diagnosis and treatment of POD, and will enhance patient care by reducing further medical and surgical complications, and overall hospital stay.
ORCID iDs
Crawford, J.E., Zubair, F., Baniulyte, G., Wales, C.J., Ansell, M., Thomson, E., Hislop, S., MacIver, C., Devine, J., McCaul, J., Young, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3652-0513 and McMahon, J.;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 75290 Dates: DateEvent20 December 2020Published20 December 2020Published Online24 August 2020AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Internal medicine > Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Science > Mathematics > Probabilities. Mathematical statisticsDepartment: Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 04 Feb 2021 12:02 Last modified: 24 Nov 2024 03:09 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/75290