Prevalence of postoperative delirium according to the intraoperative general anesthetic agents in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A retrospective and propensity-score matched study
Abstract:Background: Postoperative delirium (PD) is still an issue in post-cardiac surgery patients despite the constant efforts to reduce it. Although various risk factors for PD after cardiac surgery have been identified, there is limited clinical data regarding the effect of intraoperative anesthetic agents on the PD.Methods: The medical records of 534 patients, who had undergone heart valve surgery or coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) between January 2012 and August 2017, were i… Show more
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