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Aging Neurosci."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>To compare the effects of remimazolam and dexmedetomidine on early postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in aged gastric cancer patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>From June to December 2022, 104 elderly patients (aged 65\u201380 years) received laparoscopic radical resection of gastric cancer at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University. Using the random number table approach, the patients were separated into three groups: remimazolam (Group R), dexmedetomidine (Group D), and saline (Group C). The primary outcome was the incidence of POCD, and secondary outcomes included TNF-\u03b1 and S-100\u03b2 protein concentrations, hemodynamics, VAS scores, anesthesia recovery indicators, and the occurrence of adverse events within 48 h postoperatively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At 3 and 7 days after surgery, there were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of POCD, the MMSE and MoCA scores between groups R and D (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). However, compared to the saline group, both groups had higher MMSE and MoCA scores and decreased incidences of POCD. These differences were statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Between group R and group D, there were no statistically significant changes (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05) in the levels of TNF-\u03b1 and S-100\u03b2 protein at the three time points (at the end of the surgery, 1 day later, and 3 days later). Even though neither group\u2019s concentration of the two factors was as high as that of the saline group, the differences were statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). At all three time points\u2014following induction (T<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), 30 min into the operation (T<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>), and at the conclusion of the surgery (T<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>)\u2014the heart rate and blood pressure in group R were greater than those in groups D and C. Statistics showed that the differences were significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The incidence of intraoperative hypotension was highest in group D and lowest in group R (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The dose of propofol and remifentanil, group C\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009group R\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009group D. Extubation and PACU residence times did not differ statistically significantly (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05) between the three groups. There was no significant difference in VAS scores between groups R and D after 24\u2009h postoperatively (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05), although both had lower scores than group C, and the difference was statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The VAS scores between the three groups at 72 h (T<jats:sub>6<\/jats:sub>) and 7 days (T<jats:sub>7<\/jats:sub>) were not statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). Adverse reactions such as respiratory depression, hypotension, bradycardia, agitation, drowsiness, and nausea and vomiting had the lowest incidence in group R and the highest incidence in group C (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Remimazolam is similarly beneficial as dexmedetomidine in lowering the incidence of early POCD in aged patients after radical gastric cancer resection, probably due to reduced inflammatory response.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnagi.2023.1123089","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,5]],"date-time":"2023-06-05T04:59:04Z","timestamp":1685941144000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":60,"title":["Comparison of the effects of remimazolam and dexmedetomidine on early postoperative cognitive function in elderly patients with gastric cancer"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Yong Qing","family":"Liao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia","family":"Min","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zheng Xia","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhi","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"547","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ebiom.2018.10.021","article-title":"Surgery, neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment","volume":"37","author":"Alam","year":"2018","journal-title":"EBioMedicine"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"132","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2005.07.037","article-title":"Tumor necrosis factor alpha influences the inflammatory response after coronary surgery","volume":"81","author":"Bittar","year":"2006","journal-title":"Ann. 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