Dexmedetomidine for prevention of postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing oesophagectomy with total intravenous anaesthesia

Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022 Mar 1;39(3):296. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001648.

Authors

Jun Hu¹, Ye Zhang, Mervyn Maze

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, and Key Laboratory of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China (JH, YZ) and Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care and Centre for Cerebrovascular Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (MM).

PMID: 35115467
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001648

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthesia, General
Anesthesia, Intravenous
Delirium* / chemically induced
Delirium* / diagnosis
Delirium* / prevention & control
Dexmedetomidine* / adverse effects
Esophagectomy / adverse effects
Humans

Substances

Dexmedetomidine