Study to Determine if Patients Exposed to General Anesthesia Significant Numbers of Times Would Increase the Risk for Intraoperative Awareness.

Description

This study will detect whether prior exposure to general anesthesia multiple times is associated with an increased incidence of awareness with explicit recall (AWR). This is especially important because patients who need to undergo multiple events of general anesthesia are medically some of the most vulnerable populations. The study hypothesizes that patients with significant exposure to general anesthesia have a higher incidence of AWR. This study may help clinicians and patients to better understand how to manage anesthesia care so that the safety and comfort of patients can be improved.

Conditions

Intraoperative Awareness, General Anesthesia

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study will detect whether prior exposure to general anesthesia multiple times is associated with an increased incidence of awareness with explicit recall (AWR). This is especially important because patients who need to undergo multiple events of general anesthesia are medically some of the most vulnerable populations. The study hypothesizes that patients with significant exposure to general anesthesia have a higher incidence of AWR. This study may help clinicians and patients to better understand how to manage anesthesia care so that the safety and comfort of patients can be improved.

A Survey and Chart Review to Determine if Patients Exposed to General Anesthesia Significant Numbers of Times Would Increase the Risk for Intraoperative Awareness With Explicit Recall.

Study to Determine if Patients Exposed to General Anesthesia Significant Numbers of Times Would Increase the Risk for Intraoperative Awareness.

Condition
Intraoperative Awareness
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chicago

University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients who have been exposed to general anesthesia greater than 20 times or who have been exposed to general anesthesia 5 or fewer times between January 1, 1985 and June 15, 2017
  • * Patients/their Guardians who consent to participate in the study.
  • * Patients for whom a determination of AWR status can be made by anesthesiologists based on a standardized criteria.
  • * Must be at least 7 years of age or older.
  • * Healthy volunteers,
  • * Patients who cannot recall whether or not they have experienced intraoperative awareness with explicit recall

Ages Eligible for Study

7 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Chicago,

Study Record Dates

2027-06-01