Delirium After Cataract Surgery: Review and Two Cases

William K. Summers, M.D., and Theodore C. Reich, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136, Number 4A

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.1979.136.4a.386

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The authors define the delirium seen after cataract surgery on the basis of Dupuytren’s original description and review studies using the criteria they set up on this basis. They then present prospective data on 2 patients with postcataractectomy delirium and 25 patients who did not experience this delirium. The data suggest that delirium after cataract surgery represents anticholinergic toxicity.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 136 • Number 4A • April 1979

Pages: 386 - 391

PubMed: 426102

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Received: 28 March 1977

Revision received: 11 October 1977

Accepted: 19 December 1977

Published in print: April 1979

Published online: 24 April 2020

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William K. Summers, M.D.

Dr. Summers is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1934 Hospital Place, Los Angeles, Calif. 90033. Dr. Reich is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

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Theodore C. Reich, M.D.

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Delirium After Cataract Surgery: Review and Two Cases

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