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Subgroup analysis was conducted in terms of age, use of extracorporeal circulation, midazolam, dexmedetomidine or surgery type.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, the data of 4,596 patients were analyzed including 2,589 morphine user and 2007 fentanyl user. We found that the risk of postoperative delirium was reduced in patients with cardiac surgery undergoing perioperative morphine relative to perioperative fentanyl (OR = 0.62, 95%CI: 0.40\u20130.96). Perioperative morphine use was negatively correlated with the length of ICU stay in patients with cardiac surgery in comparison to patients with perioperative fentanyl use (\u03b2 = \u22120.72, 95%CI: \u22121.06, \u22120.39). Relative to patients who had perioperative fentanyl, patients who had perioperative morphine were associated with reduced risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with cardiac surgery after adjusting for respective confounding factors (HR = 0.35, 95%CI: 0.13\u20130.91).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Perioperative morphine use was related to lower risk of delirium and in-hospital mortality as well as shortened length of ICU stay in these patients. 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