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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Delirium Is Not the Only Indication for Psychiatric Consultation in Surgery

Necessary but Not Sufficient


Originally published by our sister publication General Surgery News

By Michael J. Asken, MA, PhD; William Childers, DO; Kevin Taylor Spence, MD; and Aditya Joshi, MD

At a recent surgical morbidity and mortality conference, a case was presented of a female patient in her 70s whose course extended for weeks. Admission was for a chronic enterocutaneous fistula and failure to thrive. After unsuccessful conservative management, she underwent a series of operative