Is perioperative hypotension associated with delirium in postoperative critically ill patients?
Perioperative hypotension is associated with delirium in postoperative critically ill patients, suggesting a potential target for prevention.
Both intraoperative and postoperative hypotension are associated with delirium in postoperative critical care patients. The extent to which these relationships are causal remains unknown, but to the extent that they are, hypotension prevention may help reduce delirium and should be studied in prospective clinical trials.
Maheshwari et al. (Wed,) studied this question.