NCT03390751

Atropine Weight and Risk of Postoperative Confusion in the Elderly

Atropine Weight and Risk of Postoperative Confusion After Hip Fracture Surgery or Prosthetic Surgery of the Lower Limb, in the Elderly

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 130 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The identification of a high atropine load of treatment received during hospitalization as a predictor of postoperative confusion could have various benefits: * Pharmacoepidemiological: identify factors associated with postoperative confusion * Clinics: by favoring treatments with a low atropine load during anesthesia, the management of patients hospitalized in orthopedics. Similarly, stopping or re-evaluating treatments with a high atropine weight for scheduled surgery is an easy step to take. * Socio-economic: by reducing the costs related to the occurrence of a confusional syndrome (over-treatment, prolonged hospital stay, loss of autonomy, institutionalization of patients...). In total, the present study would improve the daily management of hospitalized patients and the practices of clinicians, by offering a decision-making aid.

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Data collection	The collection of data will be done by interrogation of the patient and his family / entourage and rereading of medical records

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-14
• Primary completion: 2021-01-01
• Completion: 2022-01-01
• First posted: 2018-01-04
• Last updated: 2020-07-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France