Depth of Anaesthesia and Cognitive Dysfunction

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Dysfunction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00719628

JAS-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate if there is an association between the depth of anaesthesia and the presence of cognitive deterioration after surgery.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age above 60
• Surgery in general anesthesia
• surgery > 1 hour
• ASA: 1-3

Exclusion criteria

• Dementia
• Excessive Use of alcohol or anxiolytics
• Unable to understand danish
• MMSE score < 24