Role of statins in delirium prevention in critical ill and cardiac surgery patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The data evaluating the role of statins in delirium prevention in the intensive care unit are conflicting and limited. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of literature from 1975 to 2015. All English-language adult studies evaluating delirium incidence in statin and statin nonusers were included and studies without a control group were excluded. Mantel-Haenszel model was used to calculate pooled risk ratios (RRs) and 95%...