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. 2021 Aug 16;45(1):329–341. doi: 10.1007/s10143-021-01619-w

Table 3.

Risk factors

Risk factors Author Odd’s ratio (OR) 95% CI p value
Reported in multiple studies
Age Budenas, 2018 4.6 1.7–12.1 0.002
Morshed, 2019 1.05 1.01–1.08 0.006
Wang (A) 2020 1.0 1.02–1.06  < 0.001
Chen 2020 1.80 1.01–1.04  < 0.001
Sleep disturbance He, 2019 4.95 2.95–8.29  < 0.001
Wang 2019 0.058 0.051–0.067 0.021
Male gender Chen, 2020 1.80 1.01–1.04  < 0.001
He, 2019 2.66 1.91–3.71  < 0.001
Zhan, 2020 2.02 1.04–3.96 0.039
Surgery duration Chen, 2020 2.51 1.67–3.76  < 0.001
Wang(A), 2020 1.00—1.01 0.016 1.00
Reported in single study
Lesser than secondary education Budenas, 2018 3.5 1.3–9.1 0.011
Poor functional status 4.7 1.9–11.8 0.001
Low haemoglobin 5 1.1–22.5 0.036
Off duty Chen, 2020 1.67 1.15–2.43 0.007
Tobacco use history 2.38 1.40–4.04 0.001
Electrolyte disturbance 1.67 1.15–2.43 0.007
Temp > 38.5 6.18 2.23–17.14  < 0.001
Duration anaesthesia 2.58 1.56–4.28  < 0.001
Meningioma pathology 0.57 0.34–0.96 0.036
Pituitary adenoma 0.32 0.17–0.59  < 0.001
Subtentorial 0.59 0.36–0.97 0.039
Saddle area 0.40 0.25–0.63  < 0.001
Hypertension He, 2019 2.25 1.53–3.30  < 0.001
Mount Fuji sign 3.24 2.10–4.99  < 0.001
Severe white matter lesions (Fazekas classifications 2 and 3) Matano, 2017 15 2–134 0.001
Surrounding monitor 6 1–32 0.001
Surrounding delirium patients 14 2–75 0.026
Presence neurologic deficit Morshed, 2019 5.31 1.87–15.11 0.002
Length of ICU stay 1.23 1.07–1.43 0.004
Non-motor symptoms scale of PD (NMSS) Wang, 2019 8.191 5.629–11.917 0.002
Unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale (UPDRS III) 2.284 1.614–3.232 0.047
Preoperative length of stay 1.230 1.053–1.437 0.009
Preoperative brain atrophy 3.912 3.597–4.255 0.038
Non-motor symptoms scale of PD (NMSS) 8.191 5.629–11.917 0.002
Benign tumour1 Wang, 2020A
Malignant tumour1 2.82 1.52–4.88  < 0.001
Frontal approach craniotomy 3.01 1.79–5.05  < 0.001
Duration surgery
Episode of SpO2 < 90% at ICU admission 8.22 1.38–48.92 0.021
Emergence delirium, inadequate2 11.15 4.8–25.88  < 0.001
Emergence delirium, hyperactive2 14.60 5.4–39.45  < 0.001
Emergence delirium, hypoactive2 11.64 7.75–20.10  < 0.001
NRS for pain 1.19 1.02–1.38 0.028
Immobilizing factor 1.64 1.3–2.08  < 0.001
Cerebrovascular disease 3.2 1.57–6.53 0.001
Parkinson’s disease sleep scale PDSS) Zhan, 2020 0.984 0.97–0.99 0.034
Preoperative cerebral ischaemia 2.127 1.05–5.06 0.035
preoperative pulmonary inflammation 2.295 1.04–5.08 0.04
Preoperative length of stay 1.162 1.002–1.349 0.048

1Compared to benign tumour. 2Compared to non-emergence delirium