Preoperative predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery: a preliminary study.

Preoperative risk factors of postoperative delirium were evaluated in 260 patients admitted for open heart surgery. The incidence of delirium was 11.5%.

Resistance to aspirin in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting is transient: impact on the monitoring of aspirin antiplatelet therapy.

The aim of the present study was to assess the responsiveness of blood platelets to aspirin in patients following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Aspirin was administered following CABG in 24 operated patients (aged 63.2 +/- 6.