Background Postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD)
may complicate a patient's postoperative recovery in several ways. Monitoring of processed …

Background The use of clinical signs may not be reliable in measuring the hypnotic
component of anaesthesia. The use of bispectral index (BIS) to guide the dose of …

Background The use of clinical signs, or end‐tidal anaesthetic gas (ETAG), may not be
reliable in measuring the hypnotic component of anaesthesia and may lead to either …

Abstract What We Already Know about This Topic Up to 20% of patients undergoing major
surgery experience postoperative delirium or cognitive dysfunction Intraoperative …

Despite advances in peri operative care, a significant percentage of elderly patients
experience transient post operative delirium and/or long-term post-operative cognitive …

Objective To provide guidelines for reducing the environmental impact of general
anaesthesia. Design A committee of ten experts from SFAR and SF2H and SFPC learned …

Background The bispectral index parameter is used to guide the titration of general
anesthesia; however, many studies have shown conflicting results regarding the benefits of …

Background Despite the overall success of total joint arthroplasty, patients undergoing this
procedure remain susceptible to cognitive decline and/or delirium, collectively termed …

BACKGROUND: It is important that the level of general anaesthesia (GA) is appropriate for
the individual patient undergoing surgery. If anaesthesia is deeper than required to keep a …

Background Several studies have suggested that monitoring the depth of anaesthesia might
prevent the development of postoperative cognitive decline. We aimed to conduct a meta …