Effect of Usage of Electroencephalogram (EEG) Entropy on the Incidence of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Geriatric Patients

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Cognitive Dysfunction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00700674

RP 0729

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if the usage of EEG Entropy helps to reduces the incidence of POCD in elderly patients after general anesthesia.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA physical status I-II.
• scheduled for retinal surgery expected to take 2-3 hours under general anesthesia.
• orotracheal intubation.

Exclusion criteria

• history of cardiac, pulmonary, liver or renal disease.
• significant obesity (body mass index >30.
• Long-term user of central nervous system activator drugs, benzodiazepines and/or opiates.
• dementia, brain atrophy and other neurological disorder.

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

Entropy group

2

Description:

Control