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The Efficacy and Safety of Tropisetron in Preventing Emergence Delirium

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of Tropisetron in preventing emergence delirium.

Start: August 2019

Effect of Electroacupuncture on the Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing the Major Surgery

Title: Effect of electroacupuncture on the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing the major surgery. Research center: Multicenter The Design of the study: Randomized, double-blind, controlled study The population of the study: Elderly patients?65?age<90 years??it is planned to select a period/time limit for gastrointestinal tumor surgery, bile duct surgery, thoracic surgery or orthopedic surgery and so on under general anesthesia, and the estimated operation time? 2 hours. Sample size: Enroll 1700 patients (850 patients in each group) Interventions: Participants in the treatment group received acupuncture (0.30mm×70mm) at bilaterally Shenmen (HT7) acupoints (0.3-0.5 inch), Neiguan (PC6) acupoints (0.5-1 inch), Baihui (DU20) acupoint (0.5-0.8 inch) and Yintang (EX-HN3) acupoint (0.3-0.5 inch) 30 minutes before anesthesia induction. After "Deqi", electroacupuncture stimulation apparatus (HANS G6805-2, Huayi Co, Shanghai, China) is connected and maintained the end of operation. Participants in the control group received shallow needling (0.30mm×25mm) at bilateral sham HT7, PC6, DU20 and EX-HN3 (nonacupoints located 1 inch beside acupoints, about 20mm). Specifically, the depth of needle insertion into nonacupoints is 3-5mm and avoided manual stimulation and no "Deqi" without actual current output. The aim of the research: To investigate the effect of electroacupuncture on the incidence of postoperative delirium within 5 days in elderly patients undergoing the major surgery. Outcome? 1) Primary outcome?The incidence of delirium within 5 days after surgery?The effects on postoperative NRS pain and sleep quality scores? 2)Secondary outcome?Duration of mechanical ventilation in patients with endotracheal intubation on ICU admission; Length of stay in ICU and Length of stay in hospital after surgery; Incidence of postoperative complications (including re-hospitalization); 30-day life quality and cognitive function after surgery; All-cause 30-day mortality after surgery. The estimated duration of the study?2-3years.

Start: September 2018

Frailty, Anesthesia and Complications.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of frailty in patients older than 70 y/o in nephrourologic surgery. To study if preoperative frailty is an independent predictor of immediate postoperative complications, after 30 days, 6 months and 1 year of follow-up. To detect if there are other independent risk factors for complications.

Start: January 2017

Incidence and Risk Factors of PostopeRativE Delirium in ICU in China

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common postoperative complication that can occur in patients of any age. POD brings great burden to patients and their families, as the following cognitive decline may persist for months to years to impede patients returning to previous life quality and employment. The PREDICt study aims to characterize the incidence and profiles of POD in ICU, and to find out risk factors, especially any are modifiable, and any have value for developing prediction model. Our final aim is to comprehensively and deeply explore the etiology of POD to guide prevention of delirium among postoperative patients.

Start: November 2018

Association of Plasma Biomarkers for Neurological Injury and Postoperative Delirium After Cardiac Surgery

Delirium is one of the most common complications after cardiac surgeries, incidence of which is 20~70%. Causes and pathophysiology of delirium has not been elucidated yet, however, inflammatory response of the nervous system, imbalance of neurotransmitters and ischemia-reperfusion injury of brain tissue are thought to play a big role. 'Neurofilament light (Nfl)' and 'Tau' are proteins that comprise neurons, which are released into blood during acute brain injury. Increased serum concentrations of these markers are acknowledged to be associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with acute brain injury. These proteins are also closely linked to degenerative changes in the nervous system and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, the increase in blood levels of 'Nfl' and 'Tau' may be related to the development of delirium. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between 'Nfl' and 'Tau', serum markers of damage of the nervous system, and the development of delirium after cardiac surgery.

Start: December 2019

Effect of Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Intervention

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication after cardiac surgery,and the pathogenesis is considered imbalance of cerebral oxygen. It may induce the POD incidence by monitering and intervening the low cerebral oxygen desaturation(SCO2) in cardiac surgery .Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) will be used for monitering the cerebral oxygen levels.140 case will be included and divided in to trial and control group. The primary outcome is POD In 72 hours after the surgery , which is assessed according to delirium scale .

Start: January 2020

Dexmedetomidine Combined With Ropivacaine for Postoperative Continuous Femoral Nerve Block

Delirium is common in the elderly after orthopedic surgery and is associated with worse outcomes. Continuous femoral nerve block is frequently used for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthoplasty. The investigators hypothesize that dexmedetomidine, when combined with ropivacaine for continuous femoral nerve block, can reduce the incidence of delirium and improve the long-term outcome in elderly patients after total knee arthroplasty.

Start: December 2018

Blood Sugar Level and Postoperative Agitations in Pediatric Surgery

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of fasting time and blood glucose levels on postoperative agitations in pediatric patients who will undergo outpatient surgery.

Start: November 2019

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Nasal Surery

nasal surgery carries many perioperative challenges, intraoperative bleeing and its effect on surgical field i the main intraoperative concern an postoperative agitation and its serious complications is the main postoperative challenge.

Start: November 2019

Minimizing ICU Neurological Dysfunction With Dexmedetomidine-induced Sleep

This study aims to determine whether, compared with placebo, the nighttime administration of a intravenous dexmedetomidine is effective at inducing sleep and preventing postoperative delirium in extubated post-cardiac surgical patients.

Start: March 2017

An MRI Study of Post-operative Delirium in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery

Hypothesis: Patients with blue cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) regional maps during a hypercapnic CO2 challenge will be at greater risk of developing post-operative delirium (POD) and stroke following major surgery. Blue CVR maps have also been recently documented with an O2 challenge. The blue CVR maps will be shown to be predictive of POD and stroke and ultimately represent a diagnostic test for patients at risk. These blue CVR maps will enable neurologic risk stratification for patients undergoing major surgery. Background: Major surgery is associated with a significant risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. POD is a dreaded complication with such anesthesia and surgery. The prevalence of delirium after cardiac surgery has been reported to occur in up to 50% of patients. Using a definitive diagnostic tool such as the Confusion Assessment Method - Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU and CAM-S) results in the higher proportion reported. Delirium is a serious complication that results in prolonged length of stay, increased health care costs, and higher mortality. As much as $6.9 billion of Medicare hospital expenditures can be attributed to delirium. At such a cost, better diagnosis and treatment is urgently needed. Pre-emptive diagnosis leading to better management of delirium post-operatively is clearly one of the fundamental problems confronting modern anesthesia and peri-operative medicine. Specific Objectives: The investigators seek to address (a) the identity of patients who have the greatest vulnerability to the surgery and (b) investigate the risks and test appropriate risk mitigations. Understanding POD is of immense import to help control a hospital's surgical and critical care costs. Patients with neurological consequences including POD often represent a choke point for optimized critical care utilization. At the very least, improved understanding and a diagnostic test to highlight patients at risk of POD would be most welcome. Such an advance would permit rational strategies to limit the problem and allow better designed therapeutic arcs for patients now known to be at risk. This is especially important for patients undergoing complicated major surgery and is the focus of this pilot project. Tighter control of ET respiratory gases may be indicated for both ET CO2 and ET O2 based on the results of this preliminary study.

Start: July 2014

Risk Factor of POD and POCD After Cardiac Surgery

Postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive decline (POCD) are common after surgeries in the elderly, especially after cardiothoracic surgery. These conditions are associated with adverse short- and long-term outcomes. Multiple conditions in the perioperative period have been proposed as risk factors of POD and POCD. Incidences vary across institutions due to differences in screening and diagnostic tools.

Start: August 2018