Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Association between severe preoperative hearing impairment and postoperative emergence agitation among elderly patients undergoing middle ear surgery
Main finding · POEAResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 2.031 95% CI 1.044–3.954Authors' conclusion
Pending confirmative studies, these findings suggest that severe preoperative hearing impairment could serve as an independent predictor of POEA in older patients undergoing middle ear surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Elderly patients undergoing microscopic and endoscopic middle ear surgery at an otologic centre in a tertiary hospital, July 2020–February 2021analysed
- Participants
- 417 patients
- Exposure
- Severe preoperative hearing impairment vs no severe impairment
- Severe hearing impairmentn = 113
- Outcome
- Postoperative emergence agitation (POEA), measured by RASS
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
POEA
Odds ratio
2.031
95% CI 1.044–3.954
P = 0.037
Severe hearing impairment vs No severe hearing impairment
OR 2.031 (95% CI 1.044–3.954); P = 0.037
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Incidence of postoperative emergence agitation (POEA), all participants
- POEA occurred
- 42 (10.1%)
Original publication
Association between severe preoperative hearing impairment and postoperative emergence agitation among elderly patients undergoing middle ear surgery. J Clin Anesth. Published 8 September 2023. doi:10.
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