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Cognitive Outcomes After Dexmedetomidine Sedation in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Anesthesia is a drug induced, reversible, comatose state that facilitates surgery and it is widely assumed that cognition returns to baseline after anesthetics have been eliminated. However, many patients have persistent memory impairment for weeks to months after surgery. Cardiac surgery appears to carry the highest risk of postoperative cognitive …

Early Identification of Clinical Deterioration Using a Wearable Monitoring Device

This study aims to provide myriad of physiological parameters in patients admitted in an internal medicine department, and which are defined as being in an increased risk of clinical deterioration within the first 72-hours after admission. The investigators will also conduct a retrospective comparison between physiological changes in patients who …

Hemodynamic Changes Due to Prone Position

Perioperative prone position may be associated with hemodynamic instability. The causes of instability have not yet been precisely elucidated. The aim of this study is to demonstrate physiological changes during prone positioning in healthy volunteers .