Postoperative delirium after short-acting spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia after shared decision-making.

ABSTRACT: ObjectivePrevious studies have shown that the postoperative delirium rate does not differ between anesthetic techniques in randomized controlled trials. Subjective concerns such as anxiety and pain are often not adequately addressed in randomized controlled trials and reported to be associated with postoperative delirium. Shared decision-making is reported to have an impact on anxiety and pain. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of shared decision-making while making a choice between spinal and general anesthesia on postoperative delirium incidence.MethodsThis prospective, observational, two-armed cohort study included 192 patients who underwent lower extremity, lower abdominal, pelvic, or perineal short-time surgery that lasted <90 min. The three-talk shared decis

SUBMITTER: Kipping V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12433544 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature