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Association of Plasma Melatonin Levels With Delirium

NCT01570881 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2012-04-05

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Summary

Delirium is common complications in postoperative critically ill patients. However the mechanism of postoperative delirium is not well understood.The investigators designed a prospective observational study to investigate the association of perioperative plasma melatonin levels with postoperative delirium and general anesthesia. The investigators included 33 patients required intensive care more than 48 hours after sevoflurane anesthesia in an academic tertiary care hospital. The investigators measured plasma melatonin levels 4 times and assessed postoperative delirium using Confusion Assessment Method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU).

Conditions

  • Postoperative Delirium

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Okayama University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Moritoki Egi · Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Japan

Study Locations

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