The impact of psychomotor subtypes and duration of delirium on 6-month mortality in hip-fractured elderly patients.

Objective: Studies exploring the incidence and impact of the psychomotor subtypes of postoperative delirium (POD) on the survival of hip fracture patients are few, and results are inconsistent. We sought to assess the incidence of POD subtypes and their impact, in addition to delirium duration, on 6-month mortality in older patients after hip-fracture surgery.

Methods: This is a prospective study involving 571 individuals admitted to an Orthogeriatric Unit within a 5-year period with a diagnosis of hip fracture.

Association of postoperative delirium with markers of neurodegeneration and brain amyloidosis: a pilot study.

The aim of the study was to investigate the association between postoperative delirium (POD) and in vivo markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology in nondemented hip fracture surgery patients. POD was assessed with the Confusion Assessment Method. Amyloid load was quantified on F-Flutemetamol positron emission tomography images as standardized uptake value ratio.

Duration of postoperative delirium is an independent predictor of 6-month mortality in older adults after hip fracture.

Objectives: To evaluate the association between number of days with delirium and 6-month mortality in elderly adults after hip fracture surgery.

Design: Prospective cohort study with 6-month follow-up.

Setting: Orthogeriatric Unit (OGU).

Bilateral hearing loss after dichloromethane poisoning: a case report.

Dichloromethane is a widely used organic solvent. Occupational exposure to dichloromethane is frequent and can result in both acute and chronic toxicity, affecting mostly the central nervous system, directly or through its metabolite, carbon monoxide. The effects of dichloromethane on the peripheral nervous system are debated.

Psychosocial factors and metabolic parameters: is there any association in elderly people? The Massa Lombarda Project.

Objective: Several studies claim that psychophysical stress and depression contribute significantly to cardiovascular disease (CVD) development. The aim of our research is to discover and analyse a possible relationship between two psychosocial disorders (depression and perceived mental stress) and traditional cardiovascular risk markers.

Methods: We selected 106 subjects (58 males and 48 females), mean age 79.