Postoperative Delirium Among Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery Randomized to In-hospital Probiotics or Placebo

Postoperative delirium burdens both patients and healthcare system and is associated with increased mortality, cost of care and discharge to dependent status. We performed a secondary analysis prospective randomized trial, in which patients undergoing major abdominal surgery were randomized to either postoperative in hospital probiotic or placebo.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Jan Franko, Shankar Raman, May C. Tee, Viet H. Le, Jessica D. Sedinkin, Monica Silva, Benjamin Ferrel, Daniela Frankova Tags: General Surgery Source Type: research