Delirium
Conditions
Keywords
delirium, critical care, risk factors, prediction, inflammation
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 with the mapping of relevant delirium risk factors The primary aim is to validate the investigators' developed delirium prediction model for critical care patients. 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).
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Radboud University Medical Center
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
* admitted \< 12 hours on ICU * not able to understand Dutch * patients with serious hearing and visibility disabilities * mentally retarded patients * patients suffering from receptive aphasia * delirious before admission
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 |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Primary ContactMark van den Boogaard, MSc, R< CCRN
Backup ContactPeter Pickkers, MD, PhD
Outcome results
None listed