Open AccessAssessment of role of perioperative melatonin in prevention and treatment of postoperative delirium after hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia in the elderly
Author(s) -
Sherif S Sultan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.71132
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , anesthesia , melatonin , sedation , midazolam , sedative , clonidine , perioperative , emergence delirium , intensive care medicine
Little is known about the relationship between sedative drugs used preoperatively and postoperative delirium. Melatonin is a drug used to sedate patients preoperatively and is hypothesized by recent works to have a curative effect on postoperative delirium.