Drug Abuse Among Elective Surgeries: an Observational Study.
- Conditions
- Drug Abuse
- Registration Number
- NCT05123521
- Lead Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Brief Summary
Drug abusers and addicts form a challenge to the anesthetist because of the added potential risks involved in the administration of anesthesia to this subset of patients, including potential unforeseen drug-drug interactions. In this study, we aimed at screening all patients scheduled for elective orthopedic or general surgeries at the Cairo University Teaching Hospital during a set period of time for the most commonly abused drugs in Egypt.
- Detailed Description
All patients included in the study consented to take part in this study. Each patient was asked to answer a questionnaire and submit a urine sample in order to be screened for the most commonly abused drugs in Egypt (hashish, tramadol, benzodiazepine, and morphine). Patients were then followed up both intra and post-operatively. Values of patient vital signs, Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) scores as well as clinical recovery scores (CRS) were all diligently recorded and analyzed.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
- male or female patients classified as American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) I or II patients
- patients between 15 and 60 years of age
- patients scheduled for elective surgery.
- emergency surgery
- those with disturbed conscious levels
- history of psychological illness
- who refused to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method urine analysis THREE MONTHS multi-drug screen panel dip steak (Abon Biopharm (Hangzhou) , Ltd)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Cairo University
🇪🇬Cairo, Giza, Egypt