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NCT Number: NCT00604773

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

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).

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Key information

Conditions

Delirium Confusion Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurocognitive Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Critical Care

Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6500, Netherlands

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. delirium

    Time frame: during admission at the critical care

Secondary outcomes

  1. markers of inflammation

    Time frame: within 24 hours of delirium diagnosis

  2. biomarkers

    Time frame: within 24 hours of delirium diagnosis

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Radboud University Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jan 30, 2008
Registry last updated
Aug 31, 2010

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