Dexmedetomidine Effect on Delirium of Elderly Patients

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-10-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on the Incidence of Delirium Incidence of Post-operative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: 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.