Overview

Physostigmine After General Anesthesia

Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2011-05-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Recovery after general anaesthesia is often prolonged in the elderly. This group is particularly exposed to post-operative confusion. This has negative personal consequences as well as consequences for the postoperative care for these patients. The hypothesis is that physostigmine will decrease the amount of time in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU ), the postoperative amount of pain and shivering and finally post-operative confusion.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Bispebjerg Hospital
Treatments:
Anesthetics
Pharmaceutical Solutions
Physostigmine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Scheduled for surgical acute or elective operation

- General anesthesia.

- ASA physical status I-III

- Age > 60 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Asthma and chronic pulmonary diseases

- Glaucoma

- Diabetics

- Any history of neurological and psychiatric disorder

- Parkinson's disease

- Disorders of the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts