Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, Czechoslowacka 8/10, 92-216 Lodz, Poland.
Crit Care. 2011 Jan 13;15(1):102. doi: 10.1186/cc9372.
Postoperative delirium is a serious complication of cardiac surgery. However, the pathophysiology of this mental syndrome is largely unknown. Recent findings suggest an association between elevated level of cortisol and postoperative delirium. Further studies should investigate the mechanisms responsible for excessive perioperative cortisol secretion.
术后谵妄是心脏手术的严重并发症。然而,这种精神综合征的病理生理学在很大程度上尚不清楚。最近的研究结果表明,皮质醇水平升高与术后谵妄之间存在关联。进一步的研究应探讨导致围手术期皮质醇分泌过多的机制。