Status:
COMPLETED
Heart Rate Variability During Acute Diverticulitis
Lead Sponsor:
Herlev Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Lundbeck Foundation
Conditions:
Acute Diverticulitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate heart rate variability during Acute uncomplicated diverticulitis by ECG-monitor (Holter), the investigators hypothesis is the inflammation causes a decrease...
Detailed Description
An increasing number of studies have shown that circadian variation in the excretion of hormones, the sleep-wake cycle, the core body temperature, the tone of the autonomic nervous system and the acti...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- CT-verified diverticulitis patients managed by antibiotic treatment at Herlev Hospital
- Pain and fever occurred less than 72 hours prior to the admission
- ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) score I to III
Exclusion
- Surgical intervention needed
- Complicated diverticulitis
- Complications in relation to diverticulitis
- Pain and fever occurred more than 72 hours prior to the admission
- In anticoagulant treatment and heart rate control treatment
- Known Autoimmune disease
- Known medically treated sleep-disorder (insomnia, restless legs etc.) and sleep apnea
- Shift-work or jetlag
- Daily use of opioid, psychopharmaca, opioids or anxiolytics (including Hypnotics)
- Known psychiatry conditions in treatment with psychopharmaca
- Daily alcohol intake of more than 5 units or drug abuse
- Missing written consent
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Predicted bad compliance
- Pregnant or breast-feeding
- Urine or fecal incontinence
- Severe kidney disease
- Current cancer
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
13 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01840917
Start Date
April 1 2013
End Date
November 1 2013
Last Update
February 25 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Department D, Herlev Hospital
Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2730