Protocol for the Electroencephalography Guidance of Anesthesia to Alleviate Geriatric Syndromes (ENGAGES) study: A pragmatic, randomised clinical trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Wildes, T S ^a   Winter, A C ^a   Maybrier, H R ^a   Mickle, A M ^a   Lenze, E J ^a   Stark, S ^b   Lin, N ^b   Inouye, S K ^c,d   Schmitt, E M ^d   McKinnon, S L ^a   Muench, M R ^a   Murphy, M R ^a   Upadhyayula, R T ^a   Fritz, B A ^a   Escallier, K E ^a   Apakama, G P ^a   Emmert, D A ^a   Graetz, T J ^a   Stevens, T W ^a   Palanca, B J ^a   Hueneke, R L ^a   Melby, S ^a   Torres, B ^a   Leung, J ^e   Jacobsohn, E ^f   Avidan, M S ^a   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGITATION; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FALL RISK; FALLING; FAMILY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAVEFORM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DELIRIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975318179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011505     Document Type: Article

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