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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2025

Linear association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and postoperative delirium after general anesthesia: a cross-sectional study.

Xiao Qin, Junming Ren, Chunping Xing, Lijiao Chen, Renjie Wang, Shouyuan Tian

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Xiao QinDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sixth Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, General Hospital of Tisco, Taiyuan, China.
Junming RenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Chunping XingDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sixth Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, General Hospital of Tisco, Taiyuan, China.
Lijiao ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Renjie WangDepartment of Urology, General Hospital of Tisco, Sixth Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Shouyuan TianShanxi Province Cancer Hospital, Shanxi Hospital Affiliated to Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) levels and the risk of postoperative delirium (POD) following general anesthesia. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 644 patients who underwent general anesthesia. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the relationship between Hs-CRP and POD, with subgroup analyses used to assess stratified associations. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was employed to assess the predictive efficacy of Hs-CRP for POD. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis was conducted to explore the linear relationship between the log-transformed Hs-CRP (Log Results: The total population consisted of 644 individuals with a mean age of 64.02 ± 13.20 years, 506 (78.60%) of whom were male, and 114 patients (17.7%) had POD. Compared to the lower Hs-CRP group, patients in the higher Hs-CRP group exhibited higher age, heart rate, white blood cell count, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c, fibrinogen, D-dimer, and a higher prevalence of CKD, but lower hemoglobin, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, albumin and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Additionally, the prevalence of POD was higher in the higher Hs-CRP group (24.7% vs. 9.5%, Conclusion: Elevated Hs-CRP levels are significantly associated with an increased risk of POD following general anesthesia.

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general anesthesiahigh-sensitivity C-reactive proteininflammationpostoperative deliriumrestricted cubic spline

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