Overview
Dexmedetomidine Effect on Delirium of Elderly Patients
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-10-31
2025-10-31
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on the Incidence of Delirium Incidence of Post-operative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Emergency LaparotomyPhase:
Phase 4Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Assiut UniversityTreatments:
Dexmedetomidine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- • Patients aged 60 years or older of either gender.
- Patient undergoing emergency laparotomy either trauma or non-trauma patients.
Exclusion Criteria:
- • Patients unable to provide written consent.
- Patients less than 60 years.
- Known drug intolerance or allergy to dexmedetomidine.
- Patients previously diagnosed to suffer from major neurocognitive disorder,
defined by a mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score < 24.
- Severe audiovisual impairment.
- Child C chronic liver disease.
- Traumatic brain injury.
- Intracranial bleeding < 1y.
- Psychiatric illness.
- History of alcohol or drug abuse.
- Preoperative cerebrovascular accident with residual neurological deficit.