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Study aim
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Comparison of haloperidol and dexmedetomidine in the prevention of delirium after cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass
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Design
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A double-blind clinical trial, two parallel groups, randomized, phase 3 on 180 patients in two groups of 90 people, which will be used for randomization using randlist online software, and informed written consent will be obtained from all patients.
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Settings and conduct
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In Madani Heart Hospital in Tabriz, 180 patients will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups of 90 people, haloperidol or dexmedetomidine. Postoperatively, when the patients are admitted to the ICU, the loading dose injection and then the haloperidol or dexmedetomidine infusion will start and continue for 12 hours. During hospitalization in the ICU, the incidence of delirium in the two monitoring groups will be recorded and compared with the CAM-ICU tool.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: adult patients aged 18 to 75 who are candidates for elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Exclusion criteria: history of previous stroke without complete recovery for 5 years, emergency surgery, death in ICU, patients under 18 years old and over 75 years old, history of neurological and mental diseases or taking antipsychotic drugs, not using bi Cardiopulmonary, allergy to haloperidol or dexmedetomidine, dementia, QTc interval more than 500 milliseconds or complete heart block, history of malignant neuroleptic syndrome, bradycardia and liver and kidney diseases.
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Intervention groups
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Haloperidol group: As soon as the patient is admitted to the ICU, the loading dose injection and then the haloperidol drug infusion will be start.
Dexmedetomidine group: As soon as the patient is admitted to the ICU, the loading dose injection and then the dexmedetomidine drug infusion will be start.
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Main outcome variables
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Occurrence of delirium during hospitalization in ICU