Automated Administration of Intravenous Compared With Inhalatory Anesthesia on the Occurrence of Postoperative Delirium

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The intravenous administration of anesthetic agents by a controller automatically-guided by an index of cerebral activity (i.e. the bispectral index) decreases the incidence of postoperative delirium, compared with an inhalational anesthesia.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centre Clinical, France
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Propofol; Remifentanil; Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age > 59 year

• Informed written consent before enrolment;

• Procedure duration > 60 min.

• Speaking French

• Possible contact one-month following surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication of brain monitoring (intracranial surgery), pace-maker.

• Propofol or remifentanil allergy.

• Patients under guardianship