Events & Updates

AGS Clinical Practice Guideline for Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults - just released

Date11/18/2014

We are pleased to announce the release of The American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults, designed to enable healthcare professionals and hospital systems to implement actionable, evidence-based measures to prevent and treat this life-threatening problem and the most common postoperative complication in older adults.  

A multi-specialty, multi-disciplinary expert panel developed the guideline, which was funded through a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation in support of the AGS Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative (GSI).  

The comprehensive guideline and evidence tables are now available for free on GeriatricsCareOnline.org, along with links to relevant Patient Education Resources.