Orlando, Fla.—Increased intraoperative opioid administration was associated with the occurrence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing outpatient surgery, according to a team of Rush University Medical Center researchers.
Of note, the study found that neither preoperative risk factors nor the use of intraoperative agents such as vasopressors, benzodiazepines, anticholinergics, dexamethasone or ketamine was associated with postoperative delirium in this often f ragile