Incidence and Prognostic Value of Delirium in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Long-term Prognostic Value of Delirium in Elderly Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted to Two Cardiac Intensive Care Units: a Prospective Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02356523

Enrollment

700

Registered

2015-02-05

Start date

2014-01-31

Completion date

2015-10-31

Last updated

2023-03-15

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Conditions

Delirium

Brief summary

The Purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of delirium in patients with acute coronary syndromes admitted to a Intensive Care Unit Patients.

Detailed description

The present study is a prospective, two-centre registry aimed at assessing the incidence, prevalence and prognostic significance of delirium in elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTConfusion Assessment Method

Administration of Confusion Assessment Method at patent over 65 years at admission and every day until discharge

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Admission in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit * Age ≥ 65 years

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
diagnosis of delirium by confusion assessment method	within 24 hours of admission	incidence of delirium in elderly patients with coronary acute syndromes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
adverse events incidence	6 months	any adverse event occurred to patients during hospital stay not due to the illness

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026