Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

TL Janssen,1 AR Alberts,1 L Hooft,2 FUS Mattace-Raso,3 CA Mosk,1 L van der Laan11Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital Breda, Breda, The Netherlands; 2Cochrane Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3Department o...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2be84b7d6590494baf3a43ec9ad643612021-12-02T03:37:21ZPrevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/2be84b7d6590494baf3a43ec9ad643612019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/prevention-of-postoperative-delirium-in-elderly-patients-planned-for-e-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998TL Janssen,1 AR Alberts,1 L Hooft,2 FUS Mattace-Raso,3 CA Mosk,1 L van der Laan11Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital Breda, Breda, The Netherlands; 2Cochrane Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3Department of Geriatrics, Erasmus MC University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsIntroduction: Vulnerable or “frail” patients are susceptible to the development of delirium when exposed to triggers such as surgical procedures. Once delirium occurs, interventions have little effect on severity or duration, emphasizing the importance of primary prevention. This review provides an overview of interventions to prevent postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective surgery.Methods: A literature search was conducted in March 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and before-and-after studies on interventions with potential effects on postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients were included. Acute admission, planned ICU admission, and cardiac patients were excluded. Full texts were reviewed, and quality was assessed by two independent reviewers. Primary outcome was the incidence of delirium. Secondary outcomes were severity and duration of delirium. Pooled risk ratios (RRs) were calculated for incidences of delirium where similar intervention techniques were used.Results: Thirty-one RCTs and four before-and-after studies were included for analysis. In 19 studies, intervention decreased the incidences of postoperative delirium. Severity was reduced in three out of nine studies which reported severity of delirium. Duration was reduced in three out of six studies. Pooled analysis showed a significant reduction in delirium incidence for dexmedetomidine treatment, and bispectral index (BIS)-guided anaesthesia. Based on sensitivity analyses, by leaving out studies with a high risk of bias, multicomponent interventions and antipsychotics can also significantly reduce the incidence of delirium.Conclusion: Multicomponent interventions, the use of antipsychotics, BIS-guidance, and dexmedetomidine treatment can successfully reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective, non-cardiac surgery. However, present studies are heterogeneous, and high-quality studies are scarce. Future studies should add these preventive methods to already existing multimodal and multidisciplinary interventions to tackle as many precipitating factors as possible, starting in the pre-admission period.Keywords: prevention, postoperative delirium, elderly, elective surgeryJanssen TLAlberts ARHooft LMattace-Raso FUSMosk CAvan der Laan LDove Medical Pressarticlepreventionpostoperative deliriumelderlyelective surgeryGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 14, Pp 1095-1117 (2019)
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topic prevention
postoperative delirium
elderly
elective surgery
Geriatrics
RC952-954.6
spellingShingle prevention
postoperative delirium
elderly
elective surgery
Geriatrics
RC952-954.6
Janssen TL
Alberts AR
Hooft L
Mattace-Raso FUS
Mosk CA
van der Laan L
Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
description TL Janssen,1 AR Alberts,1 L Hooft,2 FUS Mattace-Raso,3 CA Mosk,1 L van der Laan11Department of Surgery, Amphia Hospital Breda, Breda, The Netherlands; 2Cochrane Netherlands, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3Department of Geriatrics, Erasmus MC University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsIntroduction: Vulnerable or “frail” patients are susceptible to the development of delirium when exposed to triggers such as surgical procedures. Once delirium occurs, interventions have little effect on severity or duration, emphasizing the importance of primary prevention. This review provides an overview of interventions to prevent postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective surgery.Methods: A literature search was conducted in March 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and before-and-after studies on interventions with potential effects on postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients were included. Acute admission, planned ICU admission, and cardiac patients were excluded. Full texts were reviewed, and quality was assessed by two independent reviewers. Primary outcome was the incidence of delirium. Secondary outcomes were severity and duration of delirium. Pooled risk ratios (RRs) were calculated for incidences of delirium where similar intervention techniques were used.Results: Thirty-one RCTs and four before-and-after studies were included for analysis. In 19 studies, intervention decreased the incidences of postoperative delirium. Severity was reduced in three out of nine studies which reported severity of delirium. Duration was reduced in three out of six studies. Pooled analysis showed a significant reduction in delirium incidence for dexmedetomidine treatment, and bispectral index (BIS)-guided anaesthesia. Based on sensitivity analyses, by leaving out studies with a high risk of bias, multicomponent interventions and antipsychotics can also significantly reduce the incidence of delirium.Conclusion: Multicomponent interventions, the use of antipsychotics, BIS-guidance, and dexmedetomidine treatment can successfully reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective, non-cardiac surgery. However, present studies are heterogeneous, and high-quality studies are scarce. Future studies should add these preventive methods to already existing multimodal and multidisciplinary interventions to tackle as many precipitating factors as possible, starting in the pre-admission period.Keywords: prevention, postoperative delirium, elderly, elective surgery
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author Janssen TL
Alberts AR
Hooft L
Mattace-Raso FUS
Mosk CA
van der Laan L
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Alberts AR
Hooft L
Mattace-Raso FUS
Mosk CA
van der Laan L
author_sort Janssen TL
title Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2019
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