Effect of Melatonin on Incidence Rate of Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery without a Pump: A Clinical Trial
نویسندگان
1 Dpartment of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3 Health Monitoring Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
4 Department of Psychiatry, Ziaei Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
5 Department of Psychiatry, Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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10.18502/ehj.v5i1.1197چکیده
Introduction: Delirium has been considered as the most common cognitive disorder after major surgery. Melatonin therapy is effective in reducing the incidence of delirium after open heart surgery with pain relief mechanism and adjustment of the sleep cycle and the absence of specific side effects. This study was conducted to ...
