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Patient-reported Outcome Measures After Post-anesthesia Care Unit Delirium

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Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Status

Completed

Conditions

Delirium
Neurocognitive Disorders

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04168268
PACU-DE

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess self-reported cognitive function and health-related quality of life in patients with and without early postoperative delirium

Full description

Neurocognitive disorders including postoperative delirium are a serious complication after surgery and anesthesia in the elderly. Postoperative delirium is an acute-onset diffuse brain dysfunction that is characterized by a fluctuating course of confusion, disorganized thinking, inattention, irritability, disturbances of the circadian rhythm, and disorders of consciousness. Post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) delirium occurs immediately after emergence from anesthesia and affects up to 45% of patients after elective surgery.

It is unclear, whether PACU delirium is associated with intermediated or long-term adverse outcomes including neurocognitive disorders or mortality. The aim of this prospective observational was to assess self-reported cognitive function and health-related quality of life in patients with and without PACU delirium three months after radical prostatectomy.

Enrollment

222 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • elective radical prostatectomy
  • >60 years
  • fluent in German

Exclusion criteria

  • preexisting cognitive impairment
  • cerebrovascular disease

Trial contacts and locations

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