The Anesthesia Brain Safety Project:Incidence of postoperative delirium after ENT surgery in elderly patients in the Catholic Hospital Bochum - an observational study
- Conditions
- postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD)F05Delirium, not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances
- Registration Number
- DRKS00017546
- Lead Sponsor
- Katholisches Klinikum Bochum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 132
Inclusion Criteria
Age over 65 years and ENT surgery in the St. Elisabeth Hospital
Exclusion Criteria
- Rejection of participation in the study by the patient or inability to agree
- impossibility to perform the neurocognitive tests, e.g. due to ventilation, motor restrictions (eg paresis)
- Patients with a diagnosed psychiatric disorder, e.g. Schizophrenia, severe depression
- Advanced dementia with the impossibility to do daily tasks without help.
- Mental retardation (MWT-B below 21 points)
- Significantly complicated communication, e.g. due to a language barrier
- Emergency intervention with indication for immediate operative intervention
- terminal underlying disease with a life expectancy of less than 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method