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Autonomic Cardiovascular Control for Elderly Surgery Patients

NCT01698125 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2014-04-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to study aspects of autonomic cardiovascular control and the level of stress hormones and inflammatory markers in saliva or serum, in elderly patients exposed to elective, major abdominal surgery, with or without postoperative delirium, to explore the hypothesis that delirium may be the result of aberrant stress responses.

Conditions

  • Delirium

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Abdominal surgery

Patients 65 years or older scheduled for abdominal surgery at Oslo University Hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Torgeir B Wyller, MD, Prof · Oslo University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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