Intraoperative Blood Pressure and Cognitive Performance

Weill Medical College of Cornell University100 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to prospectively determine the association between incidence of neurological morbidity and minimum fractional blood pressure reached during laminectomy procedures under general anesthesia in hypertensive and normotensive subjects 40 years old and older.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Cognitive Performance Hypertension

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * English as first language, or as a learned language as long as the patient is proficient * No history of any neurological disease with the exception of patients without functional impairment who suffered a single episode of transient ischemic attack * No history of axis I psychiatric diagnosis or drug abuse * 40 years old or older * Undergoing laminectomy under general anesthesia * Must not take antihypertensive medication for purposes other than treatment of hypertension Exclusion Criteria: * Anyone who do not fit the inclusion criteria.

Locations (1)

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

post-operative cognitive performance

Time frame: 1

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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