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PACU Discharge Readiness
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Patient Discharge, Neurocognition, Baseline. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Development of Assessment Tools for Determining Outpatient Subjects' Home-Readiness After Receiving Anesthesia (Without Family or Friend to Drive Them Home)
Overview
The use of custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments will be evaluated as tools for determining the appropriateness of PACU discharge to home.
Interventions
- Diagnostic test custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments
This study's interventions will include a brief neuropsychological assessment, including pre-operative baseline and post-operative repeat assessment. Additional assessments of memory and coordination using two custom apps and standard clinical assessments will also be conducted at each timepoint
Primary outcome measures
- Standardized neuropsychiatric testing WAIS SCWT SPWT TOPJ [Time frame: 24 hours]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Memory App [Time frame: 24 hours]
- Flight Path App [Time frame: 24 hours]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- The individuals will be identified from the operating room (OR) schedule and approached in the pre-operative area (or earlier, when possible).
- Adult patients (18 years or older) listed for surgery and a planned 23-hour admission will be eligible for enrollment in this study.
- Subjects must be fluent in English and not have confounding sensory or neurological limitations to participation
Exclusion criteria
- Members of vulnerable populations or adults unable to consent will be included in this study.
- Subjects that do not speak English
- Subjects with neurological limirations
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of Illinois Chicago — Chicago
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07588542 · 2025-1331