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Delirium affects length of hospital stay after lung transplantation

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Smith, P.J., Rivelli, S.K., Waters, A.M., Hoyle, A., Durheim, M.T., Reynolds, J.M., Flowers, M., Davis, R.D. +3 more·2015·Journal of Critical Care

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Background Delirium is relatively common following lung transplantation, although its prevalence and prognostic significance have not been systematically studied. The purpose of the present study was to examine pre-transplant predictors of delirium and the short-term impact of delirium on clinical outcomes among lung transplant recipients. Methods Participants underwent pre-transplant cognitive testing using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status and the Trail Making Test. Following transplant, delirium was assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method until discharge. Results Sixty-three patients were transplanted between March and November, 2013, of which 23 (37%) developed delirium. Among transplanted patients, 48 patients completed pre-transplant cognitive testing. Better pre-transplant cognitive function was associated with lower risk of delirium (OR = 0.69 [95%CI 0.48, 0.99], P = .043); demographic and clinical features including native disease (P =.236), the Charlson comorbidity index (P = .581), and the lung allocation score (P = .871) were unrelated to risk of delirium, although there was a trend for women to experience delirium less frequently (P =.071). The presence (P = .006) and duration (P = .027) of delirium were both associated with longer hospital stays. Conclusion Delirium occurs in more than one third of patients following lung transplantation. Delirium was associated with poorer pretransplant cognitive functioning and longer hospital stays, after accounting for other medical and demographic factors.

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  • Dementia has been associated with adverse postoperative outcomes.

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    From Consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: An update from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. (2021) · cites this paper as [93]

    The Introduction and Discussion report that poorer preoperative cognitive function was associated with postoperative delirium in lung transplant recipients, an adverse outcome. The paper does not establish that patients with dementia specifically have adverse postoperative outcomes; dementia appears only in a reference title. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Smith, P. J., Rivelli, S. K., Waters, A. M., Hoyle, A., Durheim, M. T., Reynolds, J. M., Flowers, M., Davis, R. D., Palmer, S. M., Mathew, J. P., & Blumenthal, J. A.
Affiliations
Duke Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Smith, P.J.
Venue
Journal of Critical Care
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-02
Volume
30
Issue
1
Pages
126-129
ISSN
0883-9441 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2086025162
Cited by
49
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
FWCI
2.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Critical Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL065503, HL 065503)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
Keywords
delirium, lung transplantation, length of hospital stay, neuropsychological assessment, Trail Making Test, Confusion Assessment Method, delirium risk factors, postoperative outcomes
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Cognition, Confusion, Delirium, Female, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Trail Making Test, Prevalence, Odds Ratio, Lung Transplantation

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