The Effects of Anaesthetic Agents on Postoperative Delirium

Konkuk University Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Delirium

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02374177

KUH1160073

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to prove the correlation between the post-operative delirium (POD) and anesthetic agents. The investigators hypothesized that intravenous anaesthetics would show the lower incidence of POD, compared with inhalation anaesthetics in off-pump CABG.

Full description

The medical records of the patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Konkuk University Medical Centre from Jan 2010 to Aug 2014 were retrospectively reviewed.

Enrollment: 292 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Exclusion criteria

• Other concurrent surgery
• Conversion from off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting to on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Trial design

292 participants in 2 patient groups

Propofol group

Description:

Patient anesthetized using propofol

Sevoflurane group

Description:

Patients anesthetized using sevoflurane