Ya-Hui Chang, Jian-Ying Wang, Tzu-Rong Peng, Jia-Haur Lian, Ming-Chia Lee, Hui-Ming Chen
BACKGROUND: Findings on the association of statin use with delirium risk are inconsistent. THE STUDY QUESTION: Is statin use associated with delirium risk? STUDY DESIGN: We searched PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and the EMBASE database, limiting the search to human patients and articles in English published until December 31, 2021. The effect size and 95% confidence interval (CI) were defined as the odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI, respectively, to indicate the difference in the incidence of delirium between statin use and nonuse groups...
January 2, 2023: American Journal of Therapeutics