Less anesthesia during surgery doesn’t prevent post-op delirium
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 08:50
in Health & Medicine
Many older adults who have major surgery experience postoperative delirium in the days after their operations. Previous research has suggested that closely monitoring the brain during surgery and making adjustments to protect the brain from too much anesthesia could reduce risk of postoperative delirium. But in a new study of more than 1,200 older surgical […]