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Incidence of Postoperative Delirium After Cardiac Surgery in Adults.

Conditions
Postoperative Delirium
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Covid19
Registration Number
NCT04828902
Lead Sponsor
Medical University of Gdansk
Brief Summary

Postoperative delirium is an acute syndrome of mental deterioration characterized by acute onset and fluctuating course during the day. Very frequent delirium is a presage of other serious comorbidities i.e.: sepsis, acute kidney injury, circulatory and/or respiratory failure. A detailed knowledge of symptoms and early diagnose of delirium increase the chances of early therapy. To what extent the occurrence of postoperative delirium influences hospital therapy in the Cardiac Surgical Postoperative ICU in University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk is unknown so far.

Detailed Description

Study type: prospective, observational cohort study. Facility: tertiary, university hospital Methods: Patients will undergo routine, continuous observation for symptoms of delirium by a trained nursing staff. Occurrence of delirium, Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOSS) grading, and therapy will by annotated on case record forms (CRFs) every 12 hours. Additionally, collected will be known risk factors of delirium: schedule type, age, arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, body mass index (BMI), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors / angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) therapy, hearing loss, dementia, peripheral artery disease, myocardial infarction, depression, diabetes, corona virus disease 2019 (COVID19) infection and/or vaccination; and outcome data: hospital-LOS, prolonged sedation, antipsychotic therapy, surgical reintervention, hours on mechanical ventilation (HOV), number of tracheal intubations, length of consciousness disorders, blood product transfusions, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), renal replacement therapy (RRT), mechanical circulatory support (MCS), duration of catecholamine support, ICU readmissions, new antibiotic therapies, 30-day mortality.

Statistical methods: Delirium morbidity and risk will be calculated from two-by-two table. Associations between delirium and secondary outcome measures will be evaluated by simple and logistic regression with use of ANOVA test for continuous variables with homogeneous distribution, or Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables with non-homogeneous distribution, or categorical variables. Significant will be considered results with p\<0.05.

A period of one year was assumed sufficient to draw conclusions on the primary endpoints of the study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
600
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patients (>18 y.a.), undergoing cardiac surgery, who will sign an informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Deny to sign or absence of an informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Delirium incidence and riskThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Incidence and risk of postoperative delirium

Risk factors of delirium.Through hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

collected will be known risk factors of delirium: schedule type, age, arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, BMI, ACE/ARBs therapy, hearing loss, dementia, peripheral artery disease, myocardial infarction, depression, diabetes, COVID19 and/or vaccination for it; and outcome data: hospital-LOS, prolonged sedation, antipsychotic therapy, surgical reintervention, direct coercion, length of mechanical ventilation, number of tracheal intubations, length of consciousness disorders, blood product transfusions, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, renal replacement therapy, mechanical circulatory support, duration of catecholamine support, ICU readmissions, new antibiotic therapies, 30-day mortality.

Association between delirium and length of stay in ICU (LOS-ICU).Through hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and length of stay in ICU (LOS-ICU).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
DOSSThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Associations between delirium and mean DOSS

Hospital-LOSThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and hospital-LOS

Hours on ventilator.Through hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and HOV.

IntubationsThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and number of tracheal intubations.

Consciousness disordersThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and length of consciousness disorders.

TransfusionsThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and blood product transfusions.

CPR, RRT, MCSThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and CPR, RRT, and MCS.

CatecholaminesThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and duration of catecholamine support.

ICU readmissionsThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and ICU readmissions.

New antibioticThrough hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and new antibiotic therapy.

30-day mortality30 days after operation

Association between delirium and 30-day mortality

Prolonged sedation, antipsychotic therapy and surgical re-intervention.Through hospitalisation in Postop-ICU - an average of 2 days

Association between delirium and prolonged sedation, antipsychotic therapy, surgical reintervention.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Cadiac Anesthesiology, Medical University of Gdańsk

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Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland

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