Timothy G Short, Douglas Campbell, Christopher Frampton, Matthew T V Chan, Paul S Myles, Tomás B Corcoran, Daniel I Sessler, Gary H Mills, Juan P Cata, Thomas Painter, Kelly Byrne, Ruquan Han, Mandy H M Chu, Davina J McAllister, Kate Leslie
BACKGROUND: An association between increasing anaesthetic depth and decreased postoperative survival has been shown in observational studies; however, evidence from randomised controlled trials is lacking. Our aim was to compare all-cause 1-year mortality in older patients having major surgery and randomly assigned to light or deep general anaesthesia. METHODS: In an international trial, we recruited patients from 73 centres in seven countries who were aged 60 years and older, with significant comorbidity, having surgery with expected duration of more than 2 h, and an anticipated hospital stay of at least 2 days...
November 23, 2019: Lancet