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Table 2 Summary of outcomes in each study

From: Effects of intravenous glucocorticoids on postoperative delirium in adult patients undergoing major surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

First Author

Incidence of POD

I vs C

Infection

I vs C

30-Day Mortality

I vs C

Length of Hospital Stay

Median (Interquartile Range) or Median (Interquartile Range [range]) or Mean ± SD

I / C

Blood Glucose

Mean ± SD

(Interquartile Range) or Median (Interquartile Range [range]) or Mean ± SD

I vs C

ICU Duration

Mechanical Ventilation Duration

Clemmesen

10/59 vs 19/58

23/59 vs 32/58

4/59 vs 4/58

Length of postoperative inpatient stay; 8 (6–12[2–35]) days / 9 (6–12[4–46]) days

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Hauer

7/56 vs 6/55

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

38.3 ± 31.7 h vs 68.4 ± 49.9 h

17.1 ± 12.0 h vs 21.0 ± 17.0 h

Huang

9/80 vs 21/80

27/80 vs 35/80

Not reported

Not reported

Hyperglycemia

21/80 vs 13/80

Maximum glucose 9.5 [7.3–12.4] mmol/L vs 7.9 [6.5–12.8] mmol/L

Not reported

Not reported

Kluger

6/40 vs 9/39

8/40 vs 3/39

0/40 vs 1/39

16 (5–23 [2–97]) days / 15 (7–25 [3–48]) days

Hyperglycemia 6/40 vs 4/39

Not reported

Not reported

Mardani

4/43 vs 13/50

3/43 vs 2/50

Not reported

12.93 ± 1.03 days vs 13.64 ± 1.75 days

Mean postoperative blood glucose

245 ± 68 mg/dl vs 212 ± 45 mg/dl

2.86 ± 1.3 days vs 3.68 ± 1.33 days

9.18 ± 2.40 h vs 10.56 ± 3.86 h

Sauër

52/367 vs 55/370

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

23 (20–24) h

vs 22 (20–24) h

8 (5–10) h vs 8 (6–11) h

Whitlock

295/3755 vs 289/3752

465/3755 vs 493/3752

154/3755 vs 177/3752

9.0 (7.0–13.0) days vs 9.0 (7.0–13.0) days

Peak blood glucose 12.7 ± 7.2 mmol/L vs 12.1 ± 18.7 mmol/L

46.0 (23.0–90.0) h

vs 47.0 (24.0–91.0) h

Not reported

Xiang

9/84 vs 20/84

2/84 vs 1/84

0/84 vs 1/84

10 (8–12) days / 10 (8–13) days

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

  1. POD postoperative delirium, I intervention group, C control group, SD Standard Deviation, ICU intensive care unit