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

Completed
Conditions
Delirium
Registration Number
NCT00604773
Lead Sponsor
Radboud University Medical Center
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).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
700
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

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
deliriumduring admission at the critical care
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
biomarkerswithin 24 hours of delirium diagnosis
markers of inflammationwithin 24 hours of delirium diagnosis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Critical Care

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Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

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