The impact of dexmedetomidine on postoperative delirium: should we throw out a DECADE of research?

Affiliations

• ¹ Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: tompayne302@gmail.com.
• ² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
• ³ Department of Anaesthesia, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁴ NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁵ NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁶ School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• ⁷ Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia; NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.