60
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
February 9, 2015
Study Completion Date
February 9, 2015
ISOFLURANE- Experimental Arm
The experimental group will be given the anesthetic isoflurane for three hours, and will undergo cognitive tests immediately following emergence from general anesthesia while connected to an EEG machine.
Control Group: Cognitive Testing
The control group will undergo cognitive testing while connected to an EEG machine following a comparable rest period, but will not receive general anesthesia.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis
University of Pennsylvania
OTHER
Washington University School of Medicine
OTHER
James S McDonnell Foundation
OTHER
University of Michigan
OTHER