Incidence of Delirium in Critically Ill Patients in a Dutch University Hospital

Conditions

Delirium

Keywords

delirium, critical care, risk factors, prediction

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to determine the incidence of delirium in adults patients who are admitted at the critical care unit of a Dutch University Hospital. The primary aim is to determine the incidence of delirium and to determine risk factors for this group of patients to develop a prediction model. A secondary aim is to find differences between delirious patients and non-delirious patients on different aspects of diagnostics, treatment and care, outcome, length of stay, and inflammation. According to Dutch law, the need to obtain informed consent was waived by the Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CMO) of Nijmegen for this observational study (2007/283).

van den Boogaard M, Pickkers P, Slooter AJ, Kuiper MA, Spronk PE, van der Voort PH, van der Hoeven JG, Donders R, van Achterberg T, Schoonhoven L.

2012-02-09278 citations

10.1136/bmj.e420

Biomarkers associated with delirium in critically ill patients and their relation with long-term subjective cognitive dysfunction; indications for different pathways governing delirium in inflamed and noninflamed patients.

van den Boogaard M, Kox M, Quinn KL, van Achterberg T, van der Hoeven JG, Schoonhoven L, Pickkers P.

2011-12-29150 citations

10.1186/cc10598

Urinary protein profiling in hyperactive delirium and non-delirium cardiac surgery ICU patients.

van den Boogaard M, van Swelm RP, Russel FG, Heemskerk S, van der Hoeven JG, Masereeuw R, Pickkers P.

2011-03-224 citations

10.1186/1477-5956-9-13

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

* all adult patients (18 years and older) admitted at the critical care unit of our hospital

Exclusion criteria

* not able to understand Dutch * patients with serious hearing and visibility disabilities * mentally retarded patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
delirium	during admission at the critical care

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
markers of inflammation	within 24 hours of delirium diagnosis
biomarkers	within 24 hours of delirium diagnosis

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results