ArticleBritish journal of anaesthesia2022
Postoperative delirium and changes in the blood-brain barrier, neuroinflammation, and cerebrospinal fluid lactate: a prospective cohort study.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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128 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 178 citations in OpenAlex.
- Machine learning application in the prediction of postoperative delirium among elderly patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of drug interventions to prevent delirium after surgery for older adults: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026Pooled it
- Inflammation and delirium in critically Ill patients: a review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
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- Prophylactic administration of parecoxib sodium for postoperative delirium in hip surgery of the elderly: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Trial
- Effects of Remimazolam on Perioperative Inflammatory Response and Neurocognitive Disorders in Elderly Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Trial
- Serum Albumin Level at Intensive Care Unit Admission and Delirium Duration and Severity in Critically Ill Adults.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · 2024Trial
- Effect of Intraoperative Intravenous Lidocaine on Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2023Trial
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Abstract
backgroundCase-control studies have associated delirium with blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. However, this approach cannot determine whether delirium is attributable to high pre-existing permeability or to perioperative changes. We tested whether perioperative changes in cerebrospinal fluid/plasma albumin ratio (CPAR) and plasma S100B were associated with delirium severity.
methodsParticipants were recruited to two prospective cohort studies of non-intracranial surgery (NCT01980511, NCT03124303, and NCT02926417). Delirium severity was assessed using the Delirium Rating Scale-98. Delirium incidence was diagnosed with the 3D-Confusion Assessment Method (3D-CAM) or CAM-ICU (CAM for the ICU). CSF samples from 25 patients and plasma from 78 patients were analysed for albumin and S100B. We tested associations between change in CPAR (n=11) and S100B (n=61) and delirium, blood loss, CSF interleukin-6 (IL-6), and CSF lactate.
resultsThe perioperative increase in CPAR and S100B correlated with delirium severity (CPAR ρ=0.78, P=0.01; S100B ρ=0.41, P<0.001), delirium incidence (CPAR P=0.012; S100B P<0.001) and CSF IL-6 (CPAR ρ=0.66 P=0.04; S100B ρ=0.75, P=0.025). Linear mixed-effect analysis also showed that decreased levels of S100B predicted recovery from delirium symptoms (P=0.001). Linear regression demonstrated that change in plasma S100B was independently associated with surgical risk, cardiovascular surgery, blood loss, and hypotension. Blood loss also correlated with CPAR (ρ=0.64, P=0.04), S100B (ρ=0.70, P<0.001), CSF lactate (R=0.81, P=0.01), and peak delirium severity (ρ=0.36, P=0.01).
conclusionPostoperative delirium is associated with a breakdown in the BBB. This increased permeability is dynamic and associated with a neuroinflammatory and lactate response. Strategies to mitigate blood loss may protect the BBB.
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