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Predictors of postoperative delirium - a pilot study.

Recruiting
Conditions
F50.8
Other eating disorders
Registration Number
DRKS00031157
Lead Sponsor
Private Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbh
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria

elective surgery, with expected duration of =60 minutes, without expected stay in intensive care unit (ICU)

Exclusion Criteria

Diagnosed dementia or other chronic neurological/neuropsychiatric disease.
- Acute central nervous system disorders (e.g., traumatic brain injury, intracranial hemorrhage, encephalitis, meningitis)
-severe sepsis and septic shock
-Intoxications
-intracranial surgery
-expected length of hospital stay <3 days
-German not as native language
-deafness
- Emergency surgery

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
POD until postoperative day 3/discharge. If needed, POD will be treated; this treatment will be at the discretion of the physician(s) according to hospital standards and is not part of this study.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
in-house mortality; postoperative complications; morbidity (Dindo Clavien Classification); nausea/vomiting; pre- to postoperative course of MMSE/hand strength; morbidity/cognitive performance at 3-month follow-up.
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