Effect of phenylephrine versus ephedrine on the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac and non-neurosurgical procedures: protocol for a multicentre, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.
Researchers are testing whether ephedrine better preserves mental clarity than phenylephrine during surgery in older patients.
This randomized controlled trial evaluates Effect of phenylephrine versus ephedrine on the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac and non-neurosurgical procedures: protocol for a multicentre, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. The PubMed abstract reports that DISCUSSION: We hypothesize that ephedrine, when used to maintain intraoperative blood pressure, is superior to phenylephrine in reducing postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing major non-cardiac, non-neurosurgical surgery.
What the study was
- Study design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Population
- Human participants described in the PubMed abstract
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- Annals of medicine
Why it surfaced
Randomized controlled trial with human evidence; scored conservatively from PubMed abstract-level metadata.
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