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Post-Operative Delirium in Elderly Surgical Patients

NCT00590707 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2018-06-11

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Summary

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

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures
  • Delirium

Interventions

DEVICE

Deeper sedation

The depth of sedation, as measured by the use of the Observer's Assessment of Awareness/Sedation Scale (OAA/S), will be maintained at an OAA/S score of 0.

DEVICE

Moderate sedation

The depth of sedation, as measured by the use of the Observer's Assessment of Awareness/Sedation Scale (OAA/S), will be maintained at an OAA/S score of 4-5.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Frederick E. Sieber, MD · Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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