Association Between Neuromuscular Blockade and Its Reversal With Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients: A Hospital Registry Study
Neuromuscular blockade during general anesthesia is dose-dependently associated with a higher risk of postoperative delirium. The administration of reversal agents mitigates this risk and might help reduce the occurrence of delirium after surgery.
Authors
- Luca J. Wachtendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-2092)
- Aiman Suleiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2625-4028)
- Maximilian S. Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8186-4748)
- Simone Redaelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0128-7376)
- Theresa Tenge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3230-6517)
- Elena Ahrens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0264-5959)
- Lars Kaiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3268-3307)
- Maíra I. Rudolph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2307-0864)
- Denys Shay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-4094)
- Philipp Faßbender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7286-8699)
- Haobo Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3534-5108)
- Béla‐Simon Paschold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0451-3562)
Institutions
- University of Jordan (JO)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000007489
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.53