Preventive effects of preoperative ramelteon on postoperative delirium in Asian elderly population: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, and a systematic review and meta-analysis

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
• ² Okayama Psychiatric Medical Center, Okayama, Japan; Cure App, Inc, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³ Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
• ⁵ Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; Department of Surgery, Konan Medical Center, Kobe, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Electronic address: hishipon@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.