14 November 2020: Clinical Research
Association of Carotid Plaque and Serum Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 (LP-PLA2) with Postoperative Delirium in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Hip Replacement: A Prospective Cohort Study
Tiantian Wan 1ABCDEF , Penghui Wei 2ABCDE , Yong Yao 3ABCDE , Hui Liu 4BCE , Jianjun Li 2ABCDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927763
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927763
Figure 1 CONSORT flow diagram. Five of 72 patients declined to participate in the study. The patients were grouped by presence or absence of carotid atherosclerosis plaques before surgery. Five patients in groups were lost to follow-up because of pain and bleeding. The CAM was used by trained medical staff to diagnose postoperative delirium on postoperative days 1, 2, and 3. CAM=Confusion Assessment Method.