Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients
Elsamadicy AA, Wang TY, Back AG, Lydon E, Reddy GB, Karikari IO, Gottfried ON. Post-operative delirium is an independent predictor of 30-day hospital readmission after spine surgery in the elderly (≥65years old): A study of 453 consecutive elderly spine surgery patients. Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2017, 41: 128-131. PMID: 28262398, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.02.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-operative deliriumIndependent risk factorSpine surgeryElderly patientsReadmission ratesHospital readmissionRisk factorsDelirium patientsComplication rateIndependent predictorsPost-operative complication rateSuperficial surgical site infectionMultivariate logistic regression analysisDuke University Medical CenterConsecutive elderly patientsSpine surgery patientsSurgical site infectionLogistic regression analysisUniversity Medical CenterLower healthcare costsDSM-V criteriaHospital stayUnplanned readmissionPatient demographicsSurgery patients