Physostigmine After General Anesthesia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2011-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Recovery after general anaesthesia is often prolonged in the elderly. This group is particularly exposed to post-operative confusion. This has negative personal consequences as well as consequences for the postoperative care for these patients.

The hypothesis is that physostigmine will decrease the amount of time in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU ), the postoperative amount of pain and shivering and finally post-operative confusion.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Pharmaceutical Solutions; Physostigmine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scheduled for surgical acute or elective operation

• General anesthesia.

• ASA physical status I-III

• Age > 60 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Asthma and chronic pulmonary diseases

• Glaucoma

• Diabetics

• Any history of neurological and psychiatric disorder

• Parkinson's disease

• Disorders of the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts