Prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients planned for elective surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

T L Janssen, A R Alberts, L Hooft, Fus Mattace-Raso, C A Mosk, L van der Laan, T L Janssen, A R Alberts, L Hooft, Fus Mattace-Raso, C A Mosk, L van der Laan

Abstract

Introduction: Vulnerable or "frail" patients are susceptible to the development of delirium when exposed to triggers such as surgical procedures. Once delirium occurs, interventions have little effect on severity or duration, emphasizing the importance of primary prevention. This review provides an overview of interventions to prevent postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective surgery. Methods: A literature search was conducted in March 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and before-and-after studies on interventions with potential effects on postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients were included. Acute admission, planned ICU admission, and cardiac patients were excluded. Full texts were reviewed, and quality was assessed by two independent reviewers. Primary outcome was the incidence of delirium. Secondary outcomes were severity and duration of delirium. Pooled risk ratios (RRs) were calculated for incidences of delirium where similar intervention techniques were used. Results: Thirty-one RCTs and four before-and-after studies were included for analysis. In 19 studies, intervention decreased the incidences of postoperative delirium. Severity was reduced in three out of nine studies which reported severity of delirium. Duration was reduced in three out of six studies. Pooled analysis showed a significant reduction in delirium incidence for dexmedetomidine treatment, and bispectral index (BIS)-guided anaesthesia. Based on sensitivity analyses, by leaving out studies with a high risk of bias, multicomponent interventions and antipsychotics can also significantly reduce the incidence of delirium. Conclusion: Multicomponent interventions, the use of antipsychotics, BIS-guidance, and dexmedetomidine treatment can successfully reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective, non-cardiac surgery. However, present studies are heterogeneous, and high-quality studies are scarce. Future studies should add these preventive methods to already existing multimodal and multidisciplinary interventions to tackle as many precipitating factors as possible, starting in the pre-admission period.

Keywords: elderly; elective surgery; postoperative delirium; prevention.

Conflict of interest statement

The Ph.D. program of the corresponding author (T.L. Janssen) is funded by an “unrestricted grant” by Amphia Fund for innovation. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work.

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PRISMA flowchart.
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Summary of ‘Risk of bias’: Review authors’ judgements on risk of bias for each study.
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Forest plot 1. Multicomponent interventions.
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Forest plot 2. Antipsychotics.
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Forest plot 3. Postoperative pain management.
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Forest plot 4. Sleep-wake cycle.
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Forest plot 5. Dexmedetomidine treatment
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Forest plot 6. Regional vs. general anaesthesia
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Forest plot 7. BIS-guidance.

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