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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation prevents postoperative delirium in elderly patients (VNSTAR): protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

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  • Youxuan Wu Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Xuan Hou Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tianyuan Wang Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Xinyan Wang Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kangda Zhang Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fa Liang Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Minyu Jian Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bo Wang Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Haiyang Liu Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anxin Wang Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ruquan Han Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ruquan Han; ruquan.han{at}gmail.com
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Wu Y, Hou X, Wang T, et al
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation prevents postoperative delirium in elderly patients (VNSTAR): protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open 2025;15:e099736. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099736

Publication history

  • Received January 24, 2025
  • Accepted May 23, 2025
  • First published May 30, 2025.
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May 30, 2025
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