CompletedNot Applicable

Post-Operative Delirium in Elderly Surgical Patients

United States200 participantsStarted 2005-01

Plain-language summary

This research is being done to see what effects sedative drugs during surgery have on peoples' thinking processes after they wake up.

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * is 65 years of age or older at admission; * has surgical treatment of a traumatic hip fracture; * has participating surgeon; * has Mini-Mental Status Exam score of 15 or higher; * able to read/write/speak/hear/understand English; * gives informed consent; * receives spinal anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * receives general anesthesia; * does not write/write/speak/hear/understand English; * has severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); * has severe congestive heart failure (CHF); * has Mini-Mental Status Exam score less than 15; * declines to give informed consent; * age less than 65 years at admission; * attending surgeon does not participate in study

What they're measuring

Number of Participants With the Presence of Delirium as Assessed by the Confusion Assessment Method

Timeframe: Postoperative days up to hospital discharge

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00590707

SponsorJohns Hopkins University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-05

Results submitted2018-04-10

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