Protocol: Effects of midazolam on postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing spinal surgery: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled non-inferiority trial

• Chaoxu Sheng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chaoxu Sheng, Miao Zhu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• Miao Zhu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chaoxu Sheng, Miao Zhu

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7636-7984

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• Liyong Yuan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  ^* yuanl1973@yeah.net (LY), 15968995356@163.com (HH)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• Jianlin Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• Bo Hu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• Xiaolu Huang,

  Roles Project administration, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Operating Room, Ningbo Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• He Han

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ^* yuanl1973@yeah.net (LY), 15968995356@163.com (HH)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6447-1820

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