Dexmetomedine for Post Operative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Total Knee Replacement Under Spinal Anesthesia

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-08-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Postoperative delirium is a geriatric syndrome occurring after anesthesia and surgery which manifests as acute alterations in mental status, involving changes in cognition, attention, and levels of consciousness that tend to fluctuate The use of dexmedetomidine with the intention to prevent postoperative delirium remains controversial. Where it has shown to be effective in older adult patients undergoing cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular surgeries

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Menoufia University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA physical status I- II

• Age from 65to 75 years old,

• Elective total knee arthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Bleeding disorders

• Allergy to any of the drugs used in the study

• Renal insufficiency

• Liver failure-Neurological abnormalities -patients with hearing and visual impairment