Table 5.

Ineffective pharmacological methods for the treatment of postoperative delirium.

Ineffective Pharmacological Treatments
Benzodiazepines [2,9,10,15,44,69,91] Melatonin [2,42,79] GABA agonists [94,112] Glutamate blockers [95,112] Haloperidol [2,64] Membrane stabilizers [95,112] Donepezil [78,79]	Dexmedetomidine [28] NMDA agonists [106] Antioxidants [15] Barbiturates [41] Ca++ or Na+ blockers [112] Gabapentin [66] Ganglioside GM1 [112]	Leukocyte adhesion inhibitors or growth factor [95] Ketamine [7] Nimodipine [2] Remacemide [112] Rivastigmine [79] Tryptophan [111]

The numbers in the table refer to the reference numbers indicated in Table 6.