Heart diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Patients are screend for delirium with DeltaScan or the Delirium Observation Scale. The treatment of delirium is identical, and is according to hospital protocols.
Sponsors
MST Tthoraxcentrum Twente
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients over 70 years of age who received cardiac surgery (including TAVI patients with a thoracotomy) in the MST Thoraxcentrum Twente
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who use lithium, have metal cranial implants, have dementia or other diseases that influence EEG measurements (i.e. acute brain damage) are excluded, because these are contraindications for DeltaScan use. Patients who opted-out of this study will be excluded as well.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Two primary endpints: Length of hospital stay after cardiac surgery, and incidence of detected delirium at the surgical ward | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hospital readmissions within 30 days after surgery; hospital-related costs related to delirium diagnosis, treatment of delirium and screening for underlying causes for delirium, and costs for hospital stay; ICU length of stay (hours), discharge location, hospital- and 30-day mortality, delirium duration, Netherlands Heart Registry in-hospital endpoints for cardiac surgery, adherence to delirium protocol | — |
Contacts
Public ContactFrank Halfwerk
Medisch Spectrum Twente - Thoraxcentrum Twente
Outcome results
None listed