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Patent Foramen Ovale and the Risk of Postoperative Delirium Following Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgeries

NCT02400892 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 226

Last updated 2016-09-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will involve patients who are planned to have hip or knee replacement surgeries. They will undergo a Transthoracic Echocardiogram study (an ultrasound of the heart) to look for a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO). A PFO is a hole in the heart that everyone is born with and in most cases eventually closes by adulthood. However, it does not always close in all people. The investigators will compare the participants as two groups - those with a PFO, and those without, and look for differences in delirium in their postoperative stay. This will help us look for an association between postoperative delirium and the presence of a PFO.

Conditions

  • Foramen Ovale, Patent
  • Delirium
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

OTHER

TTE Bubble Study

Bedside transthoracic echocardiogram bubble study to assess for the presence or absence of a PFO

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Bainbridge, MD, FRCPC · Western University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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