Objective: To describe the risk of postoperative delirium and long-term psychopathology (depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS)) in older adults.
Methods: 255 elderly patients (≥ 65 years) undergoing major surgery (planned surgical time > 60 min) in a tertiary hospital were compared to 76 non-surgical controls from general practice. Patients were assessed twice daily for postoperative delirium using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM(-ICU)), nursing delirium screening scale (NuDESC) and validated chart review.
Background: Boundary extension (BE) is a phenomenon where participants report from memory that they have experienced more information of a scene than was initially presented. The goal of the current study was to investigate whether BE is fully based on episodic memory or also involves semantic scheme knowledge.
Methods: The study incorporated the remember/know paradigm into a BE task.