The role of perioperative statin use in the prevention of delirium after total knee replacement under spinal anesthesia

The relationship between statin use and incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) is controversial. We investigated the association between perioperative statin use and occurrence of delirium after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) under spinal anesthesia.

Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - August 28, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tak Kyu Oh, Hye Youn Park, Hyun-Jung Shin, Young-Tae Jeon, Sang-Hwan Do, Jung-Won Hwang Source Type: research