From the Department of Anesthesiology (B.A.F., C.R.K., A.B., A.M.M., T.P.B., J.O., D.P., H.R.M., T.S.W., M.S.A) the Division of Biostatistics (N.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (N.L.). Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Anesthesiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Anesthesiology. 2020 Jun;132(6):1458-1468. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003181.
Postoperative delirium is a common complication that hinders recovery after surgery. Intraoperative electroencephalogram suppression has been linked to postoperative delirium, but it is unknown if this relationship is causal or if electroencephalogram suppression is merely a marker of underlying cognitive abnormalities. The hypothesis of this study was that intraoperative electroencephalogram suppression mediates a nonzero portion of the effect between preoperative abnormal cognition and postoperative delirium.
This is a prespecified secondary analysis of the Electroencephalography Guidance of Anesthesia to Alleviate Geriatric Syndromes (ENGAGES) randomized trial, which enrolled patients age 60 yr or older undergoing surgery with general anesthesia at a single academic medical center between January 2015 and May 2018. Patients were randomized to electroencephalogram-guided anesthesia or usual care. Preoperative abnormal cognition was defined as a composite of previous delirium, Short Blessed Test cognitive score greater than 4 points, or Eight Item Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia score greater than 1 point. Duration of intraoperative electroencephalogram suppression was defined as number of minutes with suppression ratio greater than 1%. Postoperative delirium was detected via Confusion Assessment Method or chart review on postoperative days 1 to 5.
Among 1,113 patients, 430 patients showed evidence of preoperative abnormal cognition. These patients had an increased incidence of postoperative delirium (151 of 430 [35%] vs.123 of 683 [18%], P < 0.001). Of this 17.2% total effect size (99.5% CI, 9.3 to 25.1%), an absolute 2.4% (99.5% CI, 0.6 to 4.8%) was an indirect effect mediated by electroencephalogram suppression, while an absolute 14.8% (99.5% CI, 7.2 to 22.5%) was a direct effect of preoperative abnormal cognition. Randomization to electroencephalogram-guided anesthesia did not change the mediated effect size (P = 0.078 for moderation).
A small portion of the total effect of preoperative abnormal cognition on postoperative delirium was mediated by electroencephalogram suppression. Study precision was too low to determine if the intervention changed the mediated effect.
术后谵妄是一种常见的并发症,会阻碍手术后的恢复。术中脑电图抑制与术后谵妄有关,但尚不清楚这种关系是因果关系,还是脑电图抑制仅仅是潜在认知异常的标志物。本研究的假设是,术中脑电图抑制介导了术前异常认知与术后谵妄之间的非零部分效应。
这是一项针对 Electroencephalography Guidance of Anesthesia to Alleviate Geriatric Syndromes(ENGAGES)随机试验的预设二次分析,该试验于 2015 年 1 月至 2018 年 5 月在一家学术医疗中心对接受全身麻醉手术的 60 岁或以上的患者进行。患者被随机分配到脑电图引导麻醉或常规护理组。术前异常认知定义为先前谵妄、简短Blessed 测试认知评分大于 4 分或 8 项访谈以区分衰老和痴呆评分大于 1 分的综合表现。术中脑电图抑制的持续时间定义为抑制率大于 1%的分钟数。术后谵妄通过术后 1 至 5 天的意识模糊评估或图表回顾来检测。
在 1113 名患者中,430 名患者有术前异常认知的证据。这些患者术后谵妄发生率增加(430 名患者中有 151 名[35%],683 名患者中有 123 名[18%],P<0.001)。在这个 17.2%的总效应大小(99.5%CI,9.3 至 25.1%)中,脑电图抑制介导的绝对 2.4%(99.5%CI,0.6 至 4.8%)是间接效应,而术前异常认知的绝对 14.8%(99.5%CI,7.2 至 22.5%)是直接效应。随机分配到脑电图引导麻醉并没有改变介导的效应大小(P=0.078,用于调节)。
术前异常认知对术后谵妄的总效应的一小部分是由脑电图抑制介导的。研究精度太低,无法确定干预是否改变了介导的效应。