Heart Rate Variability During Sleep After Fast-track Surgery

Lene Krenk10 enrolled

Overview

Based on prior findings concerning sleep disturbances, in particular REM sleep disturbances, after fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty (H-2-2010-011) we performed a supplemental analysis of heart rate variablity after arousals during sleep. We compared preoperative and postoperative results.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Rate Variablity

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria (for the control group): * Age \> 60 years Exclusion criteria: * surgery within the last 2 months * known sleep disorder (eg. sleep apnea) * daily beta blocker treatment * daily dopamine treatment This protocol only concentrates on the healthy controls for the patient described in H-2-2010-011.

Locations (1)

Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

heart rate variability

heart rate variability measured 5 beats before arousel and 15 beats after arousel in different sleep stages.

Time frame: 24 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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