Optimizing depth of anesthesia with a processed EEG (BIS, Entropy, or similar) in surgical patients over 60 yo is probably beneficial by reducing the incidence of post-operative delirium and cognitive decline.
Desflurane and propofol anesthesia are associated with similar incidence of post-operative delirium in the obese, elderly undergoing total knee replacement.
Although slightly lowering 5 minute Apgar scores, opioids used to attenuate the maternal pressor response to intubation did not have clinically significant effects on neonates.