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Filter by:Proper preoperative sedation can reduce patients' anxiety, enhance patients' cooperation and reduce perioperative complications. The investigators would explore the sedative effects of dexmedetomidine (DEX) with the administration of oral, intravenous and nasal drops, and detect DEX blood concentration in 15 participants, respectively. Pharmacokinetic parameters are detected at 8 time points ( before DEX administration, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, 45 min, 60min, 90min and 120 min after administration). 3 ml arterial blood was collected at each time point. The blood samples are detected by mass spectrometer. The aim of this study is to investigate appropriate administration time and route for DEX sedation.
The QTc interval is affected by heart rate, medications and changes in the autonomic nervous system. The endotracheal laryngoscopy, the necessary step during general anesthesia, prolongs QTc interval. Changes in the flow of ion currents could result from the genetic variation of myocardial ion channels by gene polymorphism. This study is to investigate the association of cardiac ion channel related gene polymorphism and prolonged QTc interval after endotracheal intubation in adult patients.
Emergence delirium (ED) infers the occurrence of behavior and cognition changes during the early postoperative period. Main signs and symptoms of ED are the disturbances of consciousness and awareness of the environment, with disorientation and perceptual alterations, including hypersensitivity to external stimuli and hyperactive motor behaviors. The incidence may be higher than 80%. Risk factors include pre-school age, use of sevoflurane, ophthalmologic and otorhinolaryngologic surgeries, child anxiety, parental or caregiver anxiety. The recurrence of ED is controversial. The only validated scale for diagnosis of ED is the PAED (Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium). Prevention is the best approach, as well as the use of alpha-2 agonists, propofol and total intravenous anesthesia. There are still no clear markers for postoperative delirium, especially ED. Cognitive alterations may be related to epigenetic modifications. Anesthesia-induced epigenetic changes may be the key to understanding perioperative complications and outcomes and is a field of future research in anesthesia. The study aims to analyze the DNA methylation profile in children with ED. A prospective, randomized study will be carried out in up to 322 children undergoing general anesthesia (inhalation group or intravenous group) to perform endoscopic procedures at the Instituto da Criança, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Patients will have blood samples drawn, and analysis of the DNA methylation profile through the array technique will be performed in 40 children (20 of each group ) who presented ED as well as in 08 control cases. Also, the occurrence of ED will be correlated with the degree of anxiety of the child, parents and during anesthetic induction, in addition to comparing the two anesthetic techniques with the occurrence of ED and late postoperative cognitive alterations.
Strabismus surgery for children is a very common procedure, with a high incidence of emergence delerium in the recovery room. A combination of intravenous ketamine/dexmedetomidine, or ketodex, has been previously shown to reduce emergence delerium in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy. Here, we study its application in strabismus surgery.
Strabismus surgery for children is a very common procedure, with a high incidence of emergence delirium in the recovery room. Pain is often implicated in delirium. The primary aim of this study is to determine whether a single, intraoperative dose of methadone for outpatient ambulatory pediatric strabismus surgery reduces postoperative delirium.
Patients over the age of 65 who are admitted to the Juravinski Hospital for treatment of hip fractures will be invited to take part in the study. An activity monitor (a Fitbit® Alta HR) will be attached to the participant post-operatively, to record quality of sleep and amount of activity for the duration of hospital stay. The time spent in hospital and whether complications or confusion develops will also be recorded. The aim is to determine whether poor sleep affects recovery after hip fracture surgery.
Burst suppression (BS) is a not physiological pattern in the electroencephalogram (EEG). BS during general anesthesia is mainly seen as a sign for too deep hypnosis and may increase the risk of postoperative delirium (POD), a disturbance of consciousness arising within 24 hours after surgery. This monocentric, simple masked randomized study aims primarily to investigate, whether particular anesthesiological interventions reduce the occurrence of intraoperative burst suppression. The investigator initiated trial includes 66 patients (male and female) aged ≥ 60 years in two groups (intervention and control group). Secondary aims will be the correlation of burst suppression and mean arterial pressure, concentration of anesthetics and postoperative delirium.
This study assess which Spanish intensive care units evaluate and record, in a standardized way, levels of pain, sedation / agitation, use of physical restraints and prevalence of delirium. Also determine the use of validated assessment tools and explore levels of pain and sedation / agitation, use of physical restraints and prevalence of delirium.
Parallel group, prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blinded trial. The aim of our study is to test the hypothesis that volatile anesthesia would reduce the incidence of early postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB as compared to TIVA.
Postoperative delirium is with increased incidence in elderly patients. Previous studies have shown that acupuncture related techniques could induce protection against brain ischemia and improve outcome after cerebral diseases. In this study the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation combined with auricular acupressure on postoperative delirium will be evaluated.