Shaping anesthetic techniques to reduce post-operative delirium (SHARP) study: a protocol for a prospective pragmatic randomized controlled trial to evaluate spinal anesthesia with targeted sedation compared with general anesthesia in older adults undergoing lumbar spine fusion surgery

Shaping anesthetic techniques to reduce post-operative delirium (SHARP) study: a protocol for a prospective pragmatic randomized controlled trial to evaluate spinal anesthesia with targeted sedation compared with general anesthesia in older adults undergoing lumbar spine fusion surgery

Abstract Background Postoperative delirium is common in older adults, especially in those patients undergoing spine surgery, in whom it is estimated to occur in > 30% of patients. Although previously thought to be transient, it is now recognized that delirium is associated with both short- and lo...

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Main Authors: Charles H. Brown, Emily L. Jones, Charles Lin, Melody Esmaili, Yara Gorashi, Richard A. Skelton, Daniel Kaganov, Elizabeth A. Colantuoni, Lisa R. Yanek, Karin J. Neufeld, Vidyulata Kamath, Frederick E. Sieber, Clayton L. Dean, Charles C. Edwards, Charles W. Hogue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Spinal
General
Anesthesia
Lumbar
Spine
Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0867-7

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