Status:

COMPLETED

Use of MEOPA (Equimolar Mixture of Nitrogen Protoxide and Oxygen) for Elderly With Dementia

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fondation de France

Conditions:

Dementia

Eligibility:

All Genders

75+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Acute pain is frequent in elderly especially in geriatrics acute care units where painful procedures are often occurring. MEOPA represents an alternative to opioïd therapy to prevent procedural pain ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • dementia (Folstein scoring between 0 and 25)
  • older than 75
  • health necessitating of painful care for example eschar care

Exclusion

  • bullous emphysema
  • pneumothorax

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00822224

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

December 9 2011

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Gerontology department, Nice University Hospital

Nice, France, 06000