Meperidine analgesia and delirium in aged hip fracture patients
Meperidine analgesia and delirium in aged hip fracture patients
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DOI:
10.1016/s0167-4943(02)00045-6
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发表时间:
2002-11-01
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4
通讯作者:
Arad, M
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作者:
Adunsky, A;Levy, R;Arad, M
Delirium is quite frequent in elderly patients who sustain hip fractures. The use of Meperidine by physicians, unaware of the possible emergence of delirium in elderly patients, is very popular. We have retrospectively examined the incidence of delirium in 181 consecutive patients admitted to the orthogeriatric ward with hip fractures. We used the confusion assessment method to establish the presence of delirium in all patients. A database search was conducted to identify which patients were treated by Meperidine, or Morphine, prior to delirium onset. We identified 92 cases, 44 of whom were treated by Meperidine alone, and the other 48 treated by Morphine alone. Delirium was diagnosed in 13 (27.1%) Morphine treated patients as compared with 19 (43.2%) treated by Meperidine (P