Active clinical trials for "Delirium"

To observe whether preoperative olfactory training can reduces the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries, a prospective randomized controlled study method will be used in this study.

In this study the investigators will assess the validity, reliability and acceptability of utilizing family members to complete a delirium screen using the Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD).

The purpose of this study is to determine if treating delirious intensive care unit patients with haloperidol improves mortality.

Early cognitive assessment of critically-ill acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients with delirium using a multidimensional electrophysiological evaluation battery (mEEG) to identify and characterize the neural correlates of cognitive dysfunctions associated with delirium (vigilance, attention, semantic and lexical processing, self-processing), and to develop a prognostic evaluation of neurocognitive and psychological disorders using an innovative non-behavioral approach.

A broken hip occurs frequently in elderly patients and is often very painful. Side effects of inadequately treated pain as well as the traditional drugs (administered through intravenous catheter) used to treat pain are, among others, a confusional state, called delirium. When pain medication is administered locally, only around the hip joint, pain might be treated more effectively and these side effects could be prevented. This is called a nerve block. The current study evaluates the use of a continuous nerve block throughout the complete hospital admission with a catheter around the hip joint versus the use of traditionally used pain medication administered though an intravenous catheter in elderly patients with a broken hip. Half of all patients will receive the nerve block while in the emergency department and the other half will receive pain medication through the intravenous access.

The objective of this study is to investigate the value of employing the aortic no-touch off-pump coronary artery bypass technique and the practice of carbon dioxide surgical field flooding for the prevention of type 1 and 2 neurological injuries following surgical coronary revascularization.

Delirium is an acute onset of attentional and cognitive impairment. BIS guided anesthesia can reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium. Long term electroencephalogram (EEG) suppression during operation is related to postoperative delirium. The latest research shows that the anesthesia depth guided by EEG does not reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between anesthesia exposure with different minimum alveolar concentration(MAC) and postoperative delirium(POD), and to observe the characteristics of EEG.

We designed a prospective, double blind, randomized, controlled versus placebo study to evaluate the efficacy of nightly low dose of Dexmedetomidine infusion to promote sleep and lower delirium in a population of post cardiac surgery patients. This population is characterized by longer ICU stay, more physical restraints such as catheters and drains, pain and sleep deprivation. It is associated with higher prevalence of Delirium and agitation leading to exposure to severe agitation related adverse events.

This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, Phase 2b/3 two-part adaptive clinical trial. The trial is designed to investigate the pharmacokinetics and the efficacy of multiple dosing regimens of melatonin and to confirm the efficacy and safety of one dosing regimen in prevention for delirium.

Delirium is a condition of fluctuating confusion and agitation that affects as many as 80% of patients in critical care. Hyperactive delirium consumes a significant amount of clinical attention and resources due to the associated psychomotor agitation. Patients can become aggressive or combative putting both themselves and healthcare workers at risk of harm. Delirium has been linked to an increased risk of death and poor overall outcomes. Management largely relies on the use of potentially toxic medications and physical restraints despite limited proof of success of these interventions. Our research group will study the use of a novel interactive digital therapeutic behavior modification platform aimed at reducing anxiety and agitation associated with hyperactive delirium. We hypothesize that Use of the Mindful Garden behavioral modification platform will result in normalization of agitation and delirium scores when used for the management of delirium associated agitation in the adult delirious acute care population compared to standard care alone.