DELIRIUM AFTER MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY: THE ROLE OF FRAILTY, ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT, AND MULTIMODAL ANALGESIA
Introduction: Postoperative delirium (POD) is an acute and fluctuating disturbance of attention, awareness, and cognition that frequently affects older adults after major abdominal surgery. Its development reflects an interaction between pre-existing vulnerability and perioperative precipitating factors. Frailty, exces...