November 2021 PMID 34465469

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial.

Lisbeth A Evered, Matthew T V Chan, Ruquan Han, Mandy H M Chu, Benny P Cheng, David A Scott, Kane O Pryor, Daniel I Sessler, Robert Veselis, Christopher Frampton, Matthew Sumner, Ade Ayeni, Paul S Myles, Douglas Campbell, Kate Leslie

Mentions

62
Peak: 11 in Nov 2021
across 4 sources since Aug 2021

Extended reach

252,309
potential audience

Total likes

200

Video views

6,236

Mentions per month

Aug 2021 – Oct 2025

Where it's discussed

  • X / Twitter51 posts
  • News8 articles
  • YouTube2 videos
  • Facebook1 posts

AI synopsis

What people are saying

Multiple discussions express strong support for the trial's implications, with phrases like 'less delirium' and 'light anesthesia recommended' indicating agreement and interest. Posts referencing the benefits of EEG-guided techniques and noting changes in practice demonstrate active engagement and recognition of the study’s potential impact.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions support the findings of the trial, emphasizing that lighter anesthesia reduces delirium risks.

InterestHigh interest

The majority of social discussions show high interest, with references to clinical implications and methodological details.

EngagementModerate engagement

Comments include referencing specific aspects like EEG-guided anesthesia and discussions about different techniques, indicating active engagement.

ImpactHigh impact

As many posts highlight how these findings could change anesthesia practices to improve patient outcomes, they suggest a high impact.

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American Delirium Society
@AmerDelirium · X

Read the latest on postoperative #delirium & anaesthetic depth after major surgery from #AmerDeliriumResearch committee member Dr. Lis Evered https://t.co/eINPjIuuQl @BJAJournals @EstherOh_MDPhD @ICUKhan @minipixie26 @GenShinozakiMD https://t.co/r3TQ5bcPuX

Aug 22, 2022 · 69 likes · 28 shares · 4,380 followers View post →
Delirium Rx Research
@DeliriumPapers · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 25 likes · 9 shares · 1,822 followers View post →
Hugh Hemmings
@HughHemmings · X

It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including https://t.co/ZdcXMGZFsi, https://t.co/9qr2lBPFn9 and https://t.co/Mpqu2knHcb https://t.co/DstZvNK05y

Jun 27, 2022 · 18 likes · 8 shares · 1,386 followers View post →
Diego Ketamino
@DiegoEscarraman · X

@chava0312 Se ha sugerido FeSevo es un subrogado concentración cerebral Estudio BALANCED ↓ riesgo delirium post al guiar anestesia a niveles más “ligeros” (FeSevo) https://t.co/83GUIogJlN

Dec 19, 2024 · 10 likes · 1 share · 11,918 followers View post →
Hopkins ICU Rehab
@icurehab · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/v7lEzqZMRv #icurehab #A2Fbundle

Oct 21, 2021 · 8 likes · 4 shares · 12,024 followers View post →
Kurt Pfeifer
@KurtPfeifer · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/noq6eLT2JZ

Aug 29, 2021 · 4 likes · 4 shares · 1,141 followers View post →

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El Master!
@Vicent007799 · X

RT @DiegoEscarraman: @chava0312 Se ha sugerido FeSevo es un subrogado concentración cerebral Estudio BALANCED ↓ riesgo delirium post al g…

Dec 20, 2024 · 1 share · 143 followers View post →
Diego Ketamino
@DiegoEscarraman · X

@chava0312 Se ha sugerido FeSevo es un subrogado concentración cerebral Estudio BALANCED ↓ riesgo delirium post al guiar anestesia a niveles más “ligeros” (FeSevo) https://t.co/83GUIogJlN

Dec 19, 2024 · 10 likes · 1 share · 11,918 followers View post →
Robert D Sanders
@ProfRobSanders · X

@BJAJournals @lisbethevered found that ‘depth of anaesthesia’ (titrated to processed EEG) was associated with a reduced incidence of delirium in her analysis of the BALANCED trial. #bjachat https://t.co/uQb7fseLrL

Feb 23, 2023 · 4 likes · 295 followers View post →
Brenton Sanderson
@Doc_Brenton · X

@TimMcCulloch2 Didn’t the BALANCED delirium sub study demonstrate that deeper anaesthesia BIS 35 0.8 MAC versus 50 0.6 MAC increased the risk of delirium https://t.co/xvc8ZGs9nZ

Oct 5, 2022 · 350 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Frailty Science #FrailtyFighter
@FrailtyScience · X

RT @AmerDelirium: Read the latest on postoperative #delirium & anaesthetic depth after major surgery from #AmerDeliriumResearch committee m…

Aug 22, 2022 · 28 shares · 2,264 followers View post →
Johns Hopkins Memory & Aging
@JH_Memory_Aging · X

RT @AmerDelirium: Read the latest on postoperative #delirium & anaesthetic depth after major surgery from #AmerDeliriumResearch committee m…

Aug 22, 2022 · 28 shares · 2,902 followers View post →
Sharon Inouye, MD
@sharon_inouye · X

RT @AmerDelirium: Read the latest on postoperative #delirium & anaesthetic depth after major surgery from #AmerDeliriumResearch committee m…

Aug 22, 2022 · 28 shares · 7,572 followers View post →
Shibley
@dr_shibley · X

RT @AmerDelirium: Read the latest on postoperative #delirium & anaesthetic depth after major surgery from #AmerDeliriumResearch committee m…

Aug 22, 2022 · 28 shares · 27,499 followers View post →
American Delirium Society
@AmerDelirium · X

Read the latest on postoperative #delirium & anaesthetic depth after major surgery from #AmerDeliriumResearch committee member Dr. Lis Evered https://t.co/eINPjIuuQl @BJAJournals @EstherOh_MDPhD @ICUKhan @minipixie26 @GenShinozakiMD https://t.co/r3TQ5bcPuX

Aug 22, 2022 · 69 likes · 28 shares · 4,380 followers View post →
Anel N
@solarbol · X

RT @educanestesia: 1. Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/oMJDbD2kly

Aug 8, 2022 · 2 shares · 157 followers View post →
Jiapeng Huang
@jiapenghuang · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jul 18, 2022 · 8 shares · 3,113 followers View post →
Santiago Montesinos
@MontesinosSanti · X

RT @educanestesia: 1. Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/oMJDbD2kly

Jul 4, 2022 · 2 shares · 3,080 followers View post →
Manolito _ educAnestesia
@educanestesia · X

1. Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/oMJDbD2kly

Jul 4, 2022 · 1 like · 2 shares · 7,371 followers View post →
Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA
@Ropivacaine · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 28, 2022 · 8 shares · 3,832 followers View post →
K~V
@drkv1972 · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 28, 2022 · 8 shares · 38 followers View post →
British Journal of Anaesthesia
@BJAJournals · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 28, 2022 · 8 shares · 40,351 followers View post →
Dr Neeraj Kumar MBBS MD FCCCM FCCS CICP
@drneeraj_aiimsp · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 27, 2022 · 8 shares · 313 followers View post →
Lisa Q. Rong MD, MSCE, FASE, FACC
@lisarongmd · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 27, 2022 · 8 shares · 686 followers View post →
Simon Ash
@OBsleepmerchant · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 27, 2022 · 8 shares · 1,830 followers View post →
Dave Lambert
@DaveGLambert · X

RT @HughHemmings: It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including htt…

Jun 27, 2022 · 8 shares · 384 followers View post →
Hugh Hemmings
@HughHemmings · X

It was again my honour to highlight some of the top studies published in @BJAJournals in 2021 at #CASAM2022 including https://t.co/ZdcXMGZFsi, https://t.co/9qr2lBPFn9 and https://t.co/Mpqu2knHcb https://t.co/DstZvNK05y

Jun 27, 2022 · 18 likes · 8 shares · 1,386 followers View post →
Dra.Juguetes
@DrcitaFritsche · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/ThpzXCYVYe Ya había olvidado cómo me gusta el delirium

Mar 23, 2022 · 1 like · 1,575 followers View post →
aaear
@aaearanestesia · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/2xsr2ohjBi

Mar 17, 2022 · 1,946 followers View post →
Kate Leslie
@katy_skier · X

Depth of Anaesthesia and postoperative delirium https://t.co/GRR3cCTh59 via @YouTube @BJAJournals

Dec 14, 2021 · 1,430 followers View post →
Jonathon Fanning
@JonathonFanning · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 20, 2021 · 9 shares · 45 followers View post →
Hopkins ICU Rehab
@icurehab · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 12,024 followers View post →
ImproveLTO
@improvelto · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 1,117 followers View post →
Beatriz Carro
@bcm2012 · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 895 followers View post →
DELIRUCI
@deliruci · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 273 followers View post →
Éric Maeker
@DrMaeker · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/97eEDn1XXN

Nov 17, 2021 · 2,608 followers View post →
J M Antolinez-Motta
@DrAntolinez · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 1,050 followers View post →
Alasdair MacLullich
@A_MacLullich · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 13,919 followers View post →
Dale Needham, MD, PhD
@DrDaleNeedham · X

RT @DeliriumPapers: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 9 shares · 11,599 followers View post →
Delirium Rx Research
@DeliriumPapers · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/V5n3qq4aFX

Nov 17, 2021 · 25 likes · 9 shares · 1,822 followers View post →
Chan Yeow
@ChanYeow1 · X

RT @icurehab: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/v7lEzqZMRv #icurehab #A2Fbundle

Oct 22, 2021 · 4 shares · 975 followers View post →
Dale Needham, MD, PhD
@DrDaleNeedham · X

RT @icurehab: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/v7lEzqZMRv #icurehab #A2Fbundle

Oct 21, 2021 · 4 shares · 11,599 followers View post →
Hopkins ICU Rehab
@icurehab · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/v7lEzqZMRv #icurehab #A2Fbundle

Oct 21, 2021 · 8 likes · 4 shares · 12,024 followers View post →
Luke Nakaji/中島 振一郎@バルサと島巡りと猫と精神医療
@Luke_629 · X

Anaesthetic depth and #delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial - British Journal of #Anaesthesia https://t.co/b5RXCbKgd0

Oct 16, 2021 · 2,293 followers View post →
ANARLF
@anarlfasso · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial - British Journal of Anaesthesia https://t.co/lW2S2xaS2M

Sep 12, 2021 · 1,229 followers View post →
KKK channel
@roy16117618 · X

浅い麻酔深度 (BIS 50) の管理は深い麻酔深度 (BIS 35)の管理に比べて有意に術後せん妄の発症頻度が低く、一年後の認知機能も良好であった。 Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/qTKwxgkrpG

Sep 9, 2021 · 142 followers View post →
Alasdair MacLullich
@A_MacLullich · X

RT @ProfAnestesista: Anaesthetic depth and #delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial @BJAJournals | #ECM https://t.co/Y0qI…

Sep 6, 2021 · 1 share · 13,919 followers View post →
ATI14
@ProfAnestesista · X

Anaesthetic depth and #delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial @BJAJournals | #ECM https://t.co/Y0qI7JjHhh

Sep 5, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 604 followers View post →
john morley
@drjohnmorley · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/5tZ4YQTulo

Sep 2, 2021 · 8,300 followers View post →
ATI14
@ProfAnestesista · X

Anaesthetic depth and #delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial @BJAJournals | #ECM https://t.co/Y0qI7JjHhh

Aug 31, 2021 · 604 followers View post →
Jennifer Hur, MD
@HurJennifer · X

RT @KurtPfeifer: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/noq6eLT2JZ

Aug 30, 2021 · 4 shares · 415 followers View post →
Cheryl Ding
@chdg_drgr · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/wmixrAwxaO

Aug 29, 2021 · 14 followers View post →
Robert Hopkins
@ARAdultImmDoc · X

RT @KurtPfeifer: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/noq6eLT2JZ

Aug 29, 2021 · 4 shares · 7,181 followers View post →
Med Peds Hospitalist
@medpedshosp · X

RT @KurtPfeifer: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/noq6eLT2JZ

Aug 29, 2021 · 4 shares · 14,284 followers View post →
Nidhi Rohatgi, MD, MS, SFHM
@nrohatgi2 · X

RT @KurtPfeifer: Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/noq6eLT2JZ

Aug 29, 2021 · 4 shares · 368 followers View post →
Silke Brinkmann
@silke_brinkmann · X

BIS-guided lighter anaesthesia = less delirium after GA. Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial - ScienceDirect https://t.co/3IL0X9caKL

Aug 29, 2021 · 2 likes · 55 followers View post →
Kurt Pfeifer
@KurtPfeifer · X

Anaesthetic depth and delirium after major surgery: a randomised clinical trial https://t.co/noq6eLT2JZ

Aug 29, 2021 · 4 likes · 4 shares · 1,141 followers View post →
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