Elder Surgery - Functional Recovery Following Beta Blockade
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study proposes a prospective randomized study of elders undergoing elective major
abdominal surgery to assess recovery following a unique anesthetic regimen incorporating a
adrenergic receptor antagonist. The purposes of this study are to:
1. to determine if using atenolol, a beta-blocker drug commonly used to treat high blood
pressure and heart disease, as part of your anesthetic regimen will decrease
complications that sometimes occur in elderly patients who are undergoing surgery and
being given anesthesia.
2. to see if it improves or quickens your recovery from anesthesia and surgery.
3. to help investigators design better ways to administer anesthesia during surgery,
especially in elderly patients, so that the complications and the time to recover from
surgery and anesthesia can be decreased.