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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium after cardiac surgery: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cottuli de Cothi et al., BMJ Open 2023
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076919
Listen up, folks!
We’ve got a huge problem with delirium after heart surgery – it’s a big deal, believe me. Up to half of the patients are getting hit with this, and it’s not good. It means more deaths, longer hospital stays, and serious brain issues down the line. We’re talking about a real mess here.
So, what are we going to do? We’re going to do something incredible – a systematic review, the best you’ve ever seen. We’re hunting down every single study out there – the best studies – that tried to stop delirium with drugs or other methods. And we’re not just looking anywhere; we’re searching the top databases, the big leagues like MEDLINE and Embase, and even checking out the trial registers.
Our team – the best people – will go through everything with a fine-tooth comb using Rayyan. We’re after the big question: can we prevent delirium? And we’re not stopping there. We’re looking at how long this delirium lasts, mortality, hospital stays, other brain problems, quality of life, and any side effects from the interventions. Only the best, most rigorous tools for assessing the studies – Cochrane’s RoB2, that’s what we’re using.
If we’ve got enough data, and I mean good data, we’re going to put it all together in a meta-analysis that’s going to be yuge. And we’ll tell it like it is, following the top reporting standards out there.
No red tape, no ethical approval needed – we’re going straight to the people with our findings, through top-notch journals and big conferences.
Remember this number: CRD42022369068. It’s going to be big, very big. We’re going to figure out how to beat delirium after heart surgery, and it’s going to be tremendous.