Open AccessDelirium associated with buprenorphine use in cardiac surgery: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
T Selvaraj,
Periyasamy Thangavel,
K Siddhaarth
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_780_21
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , buprenorphine , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , opioid , intensive care medicine , physics , receptor , optics
Delirium is defined as an acute disturbance in consciousness along with impaired thought processing and easy distraction. Buprenorphine is a mixed agonist-antagonist opioid analgesic. Few case reports have been published about the possible association between buprenorphine and delirium. The aim of this study was to look for an association between buprenorphine and postoperative delirium in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.