Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02400892
Patent Foramen Ovale and the Risk of Postoperative Delirium Following Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgeries
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 226 (actual)
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study will involve patients who are planned to have hip or knee replacement surgeries. They will undergo a Transthoracic Echocardiogram study (an ultrasound of the heart) to look for a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO). A PFO is a hole in the heart that everyone is born with and in most cases eventually closes by adulthood. However, it does not always close in all people. The investigators will compare the participants as two groups - those with a PFO, and those without, and look for differences in delirium in their postoperative stay. This will help us look for an association between postoperative delirium and the presence of a PFO.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | TTE Bubble Study | Bedside transthoracic echocardiogram bubble study to assess for the presence or absence of a PFO |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-06-01
- Completion
- 2016-06-01
- First posted
- 2015-03-27
- Last updated
- 2016-09-07
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02400892. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.