Status:

UNKNOWN

Neurotoxicity of Anesthesia in Middle Aged Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Tanta University

Conditions:

Anesthesia; Adverse Effect

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Brief Summary

for the last 20 years, the increasing reports from non-human studies have raised suspicion that general anesthetics may cause neurotoxic changes in the developing brain that lead to adverse neurodevel...

Detailed Description

the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA is found in neuronal synapses involving olfactory bulb. So, the involvement of common GABA pathway implies a possible interaction of general anesthetics wi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients aged 18-50 years
  • both sex
  • American society of Anesthesiologists' physical status I and II
  • elective surgery of duration 90-120 minutes

Exclusion

  • patients's refusal
  • recent airway infection
  • allergic rhinitis
  • nasal polyps
  • history of alcoholism
  • smoking
  • pregnancy
  • menstruating female
  • mental retardation
  • psychiatric illness
  • neurosurgical or oto-rhino-laryngeal surgery
  • history of olfactory deficits or cognitive impairment
  • CNS disease e.g. epilepsy
  • history of first degree relative with alzheimer's disease,dementia, or cognitive dysfunction
  • those who are unable to answer the tests themselves

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

600 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04275531

Start Date

March 1 2021

End Date

September 1 2022

Last Update

March 15 2022

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Tanta University, Faculty of Medicine

Tanta, Egypt, 31527