Stress hyperglycaemia ratio and post-operative delirium after cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study of the MIMIC-IV database.
BACKGROUND Post-operative delirium is a serious neurocognitive complication of cardiac surgery. The stress hyperglycaemia ratio (SHR), which adjusts acute glucose levels to baseline glycaemia using glycated haemoglobin, has demonstrated superior prognostic value in critical care; however, its association with delirium...