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Ketamine and Changes of the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire

NCT02049411 ↗

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindSupportive care

Summary

\- Cognitive changes are related to aging, affecting the performance of older patients in the solution of problems and the execution of tasks. This phenomenon has been observed as a decline of neurophysiological domains, especially memory, and the velocity of thought. * Anesthesia and surgery performed contributes to its development then, is named post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). The incidence varies due to conditions of: 1. Anesthesia and surgery. 2. The time elapsed after surgery. 3. The population studied, and the type of cognitive test employed. * The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes around the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ-E) after ketamine administration on ophthalmic surgery on the common conditions of geriatric patients, -comorbid and settings as minor surgery-.

Timeline

Start
2013-06
Primary completion
2014-01
Completion
2014-05

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Ketamine Small molecule 0.3 ug/kg Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.