Research Article: Effects of intravenous glucocorticoids on postoperative delirium in adult patients undergoing major surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis
Abstract:
The effects of intravenous glucocorticoids on postoperative delirium (POD) in adult patients undergoing major surgery remain controversial. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis to assess whether intravenous glucocorticoids can decrease POD incidence in the entire adult population undergoing major surgery and its association with patients age, type of surgery, and type of glucocorticoid.
Introduction:
Postoperative delirium (POD) is an acute and fluctuating disturbance in awareness and attention after surgery. It is considered a common postoperative neurological complication in elderly patients which is associated with poor quality of life and a 30-day mortality rate of approximately 7–10% [1,2,3]. POD can develop following major procedures, especially cardiac and major non-cardiac surgeries [4, 5]. It commonly occurs between postoperative days 2–5, with an incidence of as high as 70% in high-risk major…
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