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PANDORA: Delirium Prevention After Cardiac Surgery Using IV Acetaminophen to Prevent Postoperative Delirium in Older Cardiac Surgical Patients
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Brief Summary
Our objective is to find an effective prophylactic intervention by evaluating IV acetaminophen's impact in reducing the frequency of postoperative delirium, one of the most common and detrimental complications of cardiac surgery in older adults.
Primary Purpose
Study Type
Phase
Eligibility
Gender
Healthy Volunteers
Minimum Age
Maximum Age
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥ 60 years of age
- Patients undergoing cardiac surgery [coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with or without valve, isolated valve surgery] requiring cardiopulmonary bypass
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pre-operative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < than 30%
- Emergent procedures
- Isolated aortic surgery
- Liver dysfunction (liver enzymes > 3 times the baseline, all patients will have a baseline liver function test information), history and exam suggestive of jaundice
- Hypersensitivity to the study drugs
- Active (in the past year) history of alcohol abuse (≥5 drinks per day for men or ≥ 4 drinks per day for women)
- Any history of alcohol withdrawal or delirium tremens
- Delirium at baseline
- Non-English speaking
- Prisoners
- Physician Refusal
- COVID-19 Positive, symptomatic
- Co-enrollment with non-approved interventional trial
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Study Stats
Protocol No.
22-000063
Category
Heart/Cardiovascular Diseases
Principal Investigator
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Location
- UCLA Westwood