Is There a Relationship Between Previous Exposure to General Anesthesia and the Development of Alzheimer´s Disease? (DEMA)

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Alzheimer´s Disease; General Anesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01695889

DEMA-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare exposure to general anesthesia between cases with a diagnosis of Alzheimer´s disease and controls without diagnosis, through studies of medical records. The investigators wish to explore if there is a relationship between exposure to general anesthesia and the development of Alzheimer´s disease.

Enrollment: 877 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer´s disease
• Previous exposure to anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to retrieve medical records