The effect of anesthetic depth on postoperative delirium in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is an important complication for older patients and recent randomised controlled trials have showed a conflicting result of the effect of deep and light anesthesia. Methods We included randomised controlled trials including older adults that evaluated...

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Main Authors: Yafeng Wang, Hongyu Zhu, Feng Xu, Yuanyuan Ding, Shuai Zhao, Xiangdong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04432-w