Open AccessPerioperative Epidural Use and Risk of Delirium in Surgical Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the PODCAST Trial
Author(s) -
Phillip E. Vlisides,
Amy Thompson,
Bryan Kunkler,
Hannah Maybrier,
Michael S. Avidan,
George A. Mashour
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004038
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , perioperative , odds ratio , emergence delirium , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , depression (economics) , confounding , anesthesiology , surgery , intensive care medicine , physics , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Postoperative delirium is an important public health concern without effective prevention strategies. This study tested the hypothesis that perioperative epidural use would be associated with decreased risk of delirium through postoperative day 3.