'I hope you get normal again' : an explorative study on how delirious octogenarian patients experience their interactions with healthcare professionals and relatives after aortic valve therapy

Irene Instenes,Bengt Fridlund,Hege Andersen Amofah,Anette Hylen Ranhoff,Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide,Tone M. Norekvål

'I hope you get normal again' : an explorative study on how delirious octogenarian patients experience their interactions with healthcare professionals and relatives after aortic valve therapy

2019

Irene Instenes
Bengt Fridlund
Hege Andersen Amofah
Anette Hylen Ranhoff
Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide
Tone M. Norekvål

Background: Delirium affects nearly half of octogenarian patients after aortic valve replacement, resulting in impaired cognition, reduced awareness and hallucinations. Although healthcare professi ...

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Aortic valve replacement
Intensive care medicine
Aortic valve
Qualitative research
Health care
Delirium
Cognition
Medicine
health professionals

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