Trial reportMayo Clinic proceedings2010
Sedation depth during spinal anesthesia and the development of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture repair.
Trial report in Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to 6 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 158 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial To Assess Risk of Delirium in Older Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery With Spinal or General Anesthesia
Effect of Regional Anaesthesia and General Anaesthesia on Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
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The Influence of Postoperative Analgesia on Systemic Inflammatory Response and Postoperative Cognitive Disfunction in Elderly Patients After Surgical Repair of Femoral Fractures
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Who cites it
158 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 421 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of sedation depth on the occurrence of delirium and prognosis in intensive care unit patients: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for managing acute pain and delirium in hospitalized older patients: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of EEG-based monitoring of depth of anesthesia on postoperative delirium, cognitive dysfunction, and long-term neurocognitive outcomes: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The use of peripheral nerve block decrease incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction following orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of anesthetic depth on postoperative delirium in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Neuraxial versus general anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery and the incidence of postoperative delirium: a systematic review and stratified meta-analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Pooled it
- Investigating how electroencephalogram measures associate with delirium: A systematic review.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Pooled it
- BIS index monitoring and perioperative neurocognitive disorders in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of Neuraxial and general anesthesia for hip fracture surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.BMC anesthesiology · 2020Pooled it
- Is the bispectral index monitoring protective against postoperative cognitive decline? A systematic review with meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Different depths of sedation versus risk of delirium in adult mechanically ventilated patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Processed Electroencephalogram Monitoring and Postoperative Delirium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Anesthesiology · 2018Pooled it
- Intravenous versus inhalational maintenance of anaesthesia for postoperative cognitive outcomes in elderly people undergoing non-cardiac surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non-ICU patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Outcome of delirium in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2015Pooled it
- Strategies for prevention of postoperative delirium: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.Critical care (London, England) · 2013Pooled it
- Postoperative Delirium After Dexmedetomidine versus Propofol Sedation in Older Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery with Spinal Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Trial
- Norepinephrine prevents hypotension in older patients under spinal anesthesia with intravenous propofol sedation: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effect of intraoperative remimazolam on postoperative sleep quality in elderly patients after total joint arthroplasty: a randomized control trial.Journal of anesthesia · 2023Trial
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether limiting intraoperative sedation depth during spinal anesthesia for hip fracture repair in elderly patients can decrease the prevalence of postoperative delirium. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe performed a double-blind, randomized controlled trial at an academic medical center of elderly patients (>or=65 years) without preoperative delirium or severe dementia who underwent hip fracture repair under spinal anesthesia with propofol sedation. Sedation depth was titrated using processed electroencephalography with the bispectral index (BIS), and patients were randomized to receive either deep (BIS, approximately 50) or light (BIS, >or=80) sedation. Postoperative delirium was assessed as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition Revised) criteria using the Confusion Assessment Method beginning at any time from the second day after surgery.
resultsFrom April 2, 2005, through October 30, 2008, a total of 114 patients were randomized. The prevalence of postoperative delirium was significantly lower in the light sedation group (11/57 [19%] vs 23/57 [40%] in the deep sedation group; P=.02), indicating that 1 incident of delirium will be prevented for every 4.7 patients treated with light sedation. The mean +/- SD number of days of delirium during hospitalization was lower in the light sedation group than in the deep sedation group (0.5+/-1.5 days vs 1.4+/-4.0 days; P=.01).
conclusionThe use of light propofol sedation decreased the prevalence of postoperative delirium by 50% compared with deep sedation. Limiting depth of sedation during spinal anesthesia is a simple, safe, and cost-effective intervention for preventing postoperative delirium in elderly patients that could be widely and readily adopted.
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