Does Midazolam Cause Effective Anterograde Amnesia in Orthopedic Surgeries?

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Spinal anesthesia is one of the commonest choices of anesthesia for infraumbilical surgeries.The use of sedation has markedly increased patients' comfort and acceptance towards spinal anesthesia. The aim of this study is to investigate visual, recall, auditory recall, and sedation scores among patients receiving Midazolam for sedation during spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Jordan
• Collaborator: Abdelkarim S. Aloweidi
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients undergoing total knee or total hip replacement.

• ASA I, II, or III.

• patients undergoing spinal anesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient refusal.

• <24 hours sedative administration.

• patient with hearing impairment.

• neurological or memory disorder.

• abnormal kidney function tests.

• any contraindication for spinal anesthesia.