Prognostic Factors Associated With Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction After Surgery

Completed

Conditions studied: Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

In brief

A longitudinal observational study examining preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative factors associated with Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in patients older than the age of 50.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03443440

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

57

Starts

2018-04-01

Expected to finish

2020-06-06

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-08

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to perform informed consent
• Age greater than 50 years old
• Ability to read and understand English
• Undergoing elective surgery with general or neuraxial anesthesia

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who do not meet above defined criteria, patients from vulnerable populations (adults unable to consent, pregnant women, prisoners), patients refusing informed consent and participation in the study.
• A previous history of the following medical conditions: dementia of any kind (vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease, organic brain disease with documented cognitive deficits, severe traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, senility)
• Physical impairment impairing their ability to perform neurocognitive testing incl. essential tremor, loss of upper extremity motor function, blindness, or severe hearing loss)

Where it is running

• Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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