Use of MEOPA (Equimolar Mixture of Nitrogen Protoxide and Oxygen) for Elderly With Dementia

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia

Treatments: Drug: MEOPA

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00822224

08-PP-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acute pain is frequent in elderly especially in geriatrics acute care units where painful procedures are often occurring.

MEOPA represents an alternative to opioïd therapy to prevent procedural pain during the treatment of pressure ulcers.

In this study, cognitive impairment and dementia do not limit the use of MEOPA. The new approach in the management of acute procedural pain provides effective and safe analgesia in frail old patients.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• dementia (Folstein scoring between 0 and 25)
• older than 75
• health necessitating of painful care for example eschar care

Exclusion criteria

• bullous emphysema
• pneumothorax

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

1

Experimental group

Description:

Use of MEOPA during the painful care

Treatment:

Drug: MEOPA