Cerebral Blood Flow During CPB During Cardiac Surgery and the Presence of Post op Delirium

Completed

Conditions studied: Delirium

In brief

Cardiac surgery is associated with multiple events and issues that increase risk for adverse postoperative neurological outcomes including postoperative cognitive dysfunction. The risk for postoperative delirium is generally thought to result from some previous health factors added to the susceptibility of the cardiac surgery process.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02084394

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

110

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-02-09

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients in the study will be 50 or older undergoing elective cardiovascular surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Patients who can speak, read and understand the English language.
• Patients who understand the nature of the study and are willing to sign the consent form

You may not qualify if…

• Emergency surgery or patients intubated before surgery and, thus, cannot give informed consent.
• Patients diagnosed with neurocognitive disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's, Dementia)
• MMSE score greater than 21 Patients taking antipsychotic drugs A history of drug abuse
• Patients with an implant in the brain underneath the CerOx probes
• Women who are pregnant.
• History of significant, prohibitive skin allergies or reactions-

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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