Prospective Evaluation of Cognitive Outcomes After Anesthesia on Patients in the Beach Chair Position

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Injury as a Result of Positioning

In brief

The purpose of this study was to use Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring on participants undergoing shoulder surgery in the beach chair position (BCP) to determine cerebral desaturation events (CDE) and to further determine cognitive changes pre and post surgery using the Mini Mental State Exam.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02674334

Run by

West Virginia University

People needed

90

Starts

2012-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• at least 18 years of age
• elective shoulder surgery in the beach chair position

You may not qualify if…

• less than 18 years of age
• preoperative score of 23 or less on the pre-operative Mini Mental State Exam
• traumatic brain injury
• transient ischemic attack
• cerebrovascular incident
• any apparent clinical neurologic dysfunction
• carotid artery stenosis
• known vascular malformation in head
• inability to have blood pressure measured in the opposite extremity
• malignant hyperthermia

Where it is running

• West Virginia University — Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

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