Bilateral Bispectral Index, Asymmetries and Post-operative Delirium

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Bilateral Bispetral Index Monitor will be applied on forehead of our patients, before surgery begins: In patients undergoing surgery and general anesthesia, the investigators want to examine -using bilateral BIS monitor- synthetic electroencephalographic differences between the two cerebral hemispheres (ASYM) to evaluate any correlation with the development of POD and POCD in the post-operative period.

Study summary

The primary objective of the study is to describe the value of interhemispheric asymmetry (ASYM), during the different intra- and peri-operative phases, in those patients who develop or do not develop post-operative delirium (POD) during the first 30 post-operative days and postoperative cognitive disfunction (POCD) in the first 90 post-operative days, in a population undergoing head\&neck and plastic surgery with a priori increased probability of POD.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Correlation between ASYM (EEG-derived cerebral hemispheric asymmetries) at specific intraoperative timepoints and development of Postoperative Delirium (POD) or Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) — between 30 and 90 postoperative days
  Primary aim of the study is to describe values of ASYM, during different intraoperative phases, in patients who develop -or do not- POD within 5 postoperative days and POCD at 30 and 90 postoperative days. Bilateral BIS monitor records values of right and left BIS scores (dimensionless number EEG-derived from 0 to 100), therefore, the asymmetry between the two (ASYM) evaluated as the total power difference for the frequencies between 0 and 30 Hz between right and left hemisphere \[Formula 1\]. An asymmetry of 50% indicates the same power in both hemispheres; while an ASYM lower than 50% indicates a lower power in the left hemisphere than in the right. Formula 1: ASYM= total power left/(total power left+total power right) x 100 Dispersion of ASYM will be expressed as the mean right to left difference ±2 standard deviation.The statistical difference of the model will be evaluated with the use of ANOVA tests.

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