Active clinical trials for "Delirium"

PostOperative Delirium (POD) is the most common neuropsychiatric complication following cardiac surgery and may be related to morphine consumption. PostOperative Delirium (POD) prolongs hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) and increases morbidity and mortality. No study has been conducted to demonstrate the effect of regional anesthesia using catheters inserted before sternotomy.

Delirium in intensive care patients is a complication associated with many adverse consequences. It negatively affects patient outcomes, is an independent predictor of mortality, prolongs intensive care unit (ICU) stay and causes cognitive impairment. It is estimated that delirium affects up to 80% of ICU patients. Unfortunately, delirium still remains undiagnosed in many cases. Due to the high prevalence of this complication in critically ill patients, it is important to implement an effective management protocol to prevent delirium. Nurses' knowledge of delirium, learning about nursing practices and identifying barriers to delirium assessment, may be an important basis for early recognition and the creation of procedures for delirium prevention in the intensive care unit.

Delirium is an acute and fluctuating disturbance of consciousness characterized by reduced attention, impaired cognition and perception, usually resulting from general physical conditions. Delirium contributes to longer hospital length of stay, increased mortality, increased healthcare costs, and long-term cognitive and functional impairment. However, it is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. E-learning (electronic learning) proves to be a time-efficient, flexible and convenient training method, making it suitable for a large organization like Siriraj hospital where there is a large employee turnover rate. So the investigators want to compare the passing rate between the e-learning group and the traditional learning group.

This study evaluates the effect of earplugs and eyemask for delirium prevention among elderly in-patients. Half of patients will receive earplugs and eyemask for use during the night and information about orientation to time and space every night, while the other half will receive only the time and space orientations.

Select Specialty, a national network of more than 100 LTACHs across the United States, has expressed the desire to adopt the ABCDEF bundle as a "standard of care" for its patients. As part of this initiative, Select first plans to conduct an ABCDEF bundle quality improvement project in one of its local hospitals. The overall purpose of this before-after study is to study prospectively the process and effects of implementing the ABCDEF bundle into the everyday care of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation in the LTACH setting.

Identification of specific circulating microRNAs and microemboli formation (diagnosed by TC Doppler) in both delirious groups and nondelirious group will be our primary target. Delirium assessment through standardized questionnaires will be done at baseline (day of the surgery - pre operatory), immediately after surgery (in post anesthesia care unit) and then every 12 hours in Day 1 and Day2 after surgery. The investigators will use linear mixed models to describe the change patterns overtime, and compare differences at each time point. Inflammatory biomarkers will be explored overtime as well. The investigators will also explore age effect on cognitive function - cognitive reserve - based on the score of the cognitive test administered at baseline.

The aim of the present study is to assess the effect of postoperative remifentanil infusion on the incidence of emergence agitation in preschool-aged children undergoing strabismus surgery with sevoflurane anaesthesia.

Delirium is a prevalent complication following cardiac surgery that is under-recognized using current methods of delirium detection and that may be better identified through a systematic and standardized perioperative screening protocol. The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of postoperative delirium in the current era of cardiac surgery using a validated delirium-screening tool.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of low dose quetiapine for the prophylaxis of delirium in critically ill patients in medical intensive care unit.

Fully two-thirds of ICU patients develop delirium, which is associated with longer stays, billions of dollars in costs globally, and 3-fold excess mortality at 6 months. Over one-half of ICU survivors suffer a functionally debilitating dementia-like illness, which appears related to delirium duration. This study will focus on applying Awakening-Breathing Coordination, Delirium Monitoring/Management & Early Mobility (ABCDE), a program of delirium screening, prevention, and treatment developed at Vanderbilt University. Specifically, the study will implement the ABCDE program in a medical center that does not currently perform routine ICU delirium screenings and identify facilitators and barriers to program adoption; test the impact of the ABCDE program on patient outcomes, nursing quality outcomes, and system outcomes; and assess the extent to which ABCDE implementation is effective, sustainable, and conducive to dissemination into other settings.