Risk factors for emergence agitation during the awakening period in elderly patients after total joint arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the incidence and risk factors for emergence agitation (EA) in elderly patients who underwent total joint arthroplasty (TJA) under general anaesthesia, and to assess their predictive values.

Design

Single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Setting

A 1600-bed general tertiary hospital in China.

Participants

This study enrolled 421 elderly patients scheduled for elective primary TJA under general anaesthesia.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

EA was assessed using the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale during the awakening period after surgery in the post-anaesthesia care unit. Risk factors for EA were identified using univariate and multivariable logistic analyses. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curv

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature