Pilot prospective study of post-surgery sleep and EEG predictors of post-operative delirium.

Objective: Delirium is a common post-operative complication associated with significant costs, morbidity, and mortality. We sought sleep/EEG predictors of delirium present prior to delirium symptoms to facilitate developing and targeting therapies.

Methods: Continuous EEG data were obtained in 12 patients post-orthopedic surgery from the day of surgery until delirium assessment on post-operative day 2 (POD2).

Relationship between sexual function and quality of life in obese persons seeking weight reduction.

Objective: This study investigated sexual functioning in persons with obesity and seeking weight loss, and the associations of sexual functioning with relevant demographic and clinical variables as well as quality of life were investigated.

Design And Methods: Participants were enrolled in a two-year randomized clinical trial. Participants were obese and had at least two components of metabolic syndrome.