Status:

COMPLETED

The Role of Serum Anticholinergic Activity in ACVB Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Heidelberg University

Conditions:

Acetylcholine

Cognition

Eligibility:

All Genders

55-90 years

Brief Summary

Drugs with anticholinergic potential increase the risk of postoperative transient and persistent cognitive dysfunction especially in cardiac patients. The investigators main goal is to identify preope...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • written compliance to the study participation
  • a good knowledge in German speech
  • no red/ green blindness
  • no previous neurological and/or psychiatric illness
  • good ability to see and to hear
  • Mini-Mental-State-Examination (MMSE) better than 25 points

Exclusion

  • no written compliance to the study participation
  • bad knowledge in German speech
  • red/ green blindness
  • previous neurological and/or psychiatric illness
  • no ability to see and to hear
  • Mini-Mental-State-Examination (MMSE) lower than 25 points

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00782938

Start Date

May 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

January 14 2010

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University of Heidelberg, Department of Anesthesiology, Heidelberg Medical School

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 69120