Evaluation of a behavioural intervention to reduce perioperative midazolam administration to older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older patients commonly receive benzodiazepines during anaesthesia despite guidelines recommending avoidance. Interventions to reduce perioperative benzodiazepine use are not well studied. We hypothesized an automated electronic medical record alert targeting anaesthesia providers would reduce administration of benzodiazepines to older adults undergoing general anaesthesia.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of adults who underwent surgery at 5 hospitals within one US academic health system. One of the hospitals received an intervention consisting of provider education and an automated electronic medical record alert discouraging benzodiazepine administration to patients aged 70 years or older. We used difference-in-differences analysis to compare patterns

SUBMITTER: Seki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457488 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature