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Associations of Intraoperative Hypotension and Perioperative Blood Pressure with Delirium after Noncardiac Surgery: A
Julian Rössler1, Orkun Kopac2, Leonardo Marquez Roa3
1Outcomes Research Consortium, Houston, Texas; Institute of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Background:
Postoperative delirium is a common and serious complication after noncardiac surgery. A possible precipitating factor may be perioperative hemodynamic changes, with subsequent changes in brain perfusion. This study aims to investigate whether intraoperative hypotension, perioperative average blood pressure, or blood pressure variability are associated with postoperative delirium.
Methods:
The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study analyzing adult noncardiac surgery patients from a single academic center between 2018 and 2022. The primary exposure was intraoperative hypotension, defined as area under the curve of intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP) less than 65 mmHg. Secondary exposures were intraoperative and postoperative time-weighted average of MAP. The outcome was the incidence of postoperative delirium, assessed twice daily using the brief Confusion Assessment Method and Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit.
Results:
The authors included 38,940 noncardiac surgeries. The incidence of postoperative delirium was 6.56%. In the primary analysis, the authors found no significant association between the intraoperative area under the curve of MAP less than 65 mmHg and postoperative delirium (odds ratio [OR], 1.000; 95% CI, 0.999 to 1.000; P = 0.17). In the secondary analyses, association with intraoperative time-weighted average MAP was linear, where increasing MAP was associated with lower delirium risk (OR, 0.993; 95% CI, 0.990 to 0.996; P < 0.001). Postoperatively, the authors identified one change point for time-weighted average MAP at 88 mmHg-where increasing increments of MAP were associated with lower risk of delirium when MAP was less than 88 mmHg (OR, 0.995; 95% CI, 0.992 to 0.998; P < 0.001), but higher risk of delirium when MAP was 88 mmHg or greater (OR, 1.022; 95% CI, 1.019 to 1.027; P < 0.001).
Conclusions:
Intraoperative hypotension and intraoperative average blood pressure were not associated with postoperative delirium. Postoperative higher average blood pressures demonstrated a statistically significant association with delirium; however, this finding lacks clinical relevance.
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