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Depression in older adults undergoing hip fracture repair associated with delirium after surgery According to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, the same depressive symptoms may also signal Alzheimer’s disease in some elderly patients. Credit: Getty Images Newswise Screening for even mild depressive symptoms before hip fracture repair may be helpful in predicting which patients are at higher risk of developing delirium after emergency surgery, according to results of a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine. The researchers say their findings also add to evidence that symptoms of depression and postoperative delirium may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, although those findings were not conclusive.

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