Active clinical trials for "Emergence Delirium"

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a transient and usually fully reversible altered state of consciousness that develops acutely or subacutely after surgery, characterized by widespread, daily fluctuations in brain metabolism and function. It can be seen as hyperactive (mania), hypoactive (depressive) and mixed type. It has been shown to be associated with increased morbidity, mortality, health expenditures and prolonged hospitalization in the postoperative period. In studies, the frequency of POD was found to be 17-51% in orthopedic surgery, 11-46% in cardiac surgery and 13-50% in non-cardiac surgery. There are many studies in the literature on advanced age, comorbidities (e. g; diabetes mellitus, stroke, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias), dementia, use of glasses-hearing aids, medications (anticholinergic, opioid, benzodiazepine etc. ), duration of anesthesia, type of surgery, electrolyte disturbances, perioperative bleeding, hypotension, pain and intensive care unite stay as risk factors associated with delirium. This condition, which has a multifactorial etiology, is often unrecognized, unpreventable, untreatable and leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is important to recognize delirium that develops in the postoperative period and to perform the necessary interventions. There are many tests used in the diagnosis of POD. Delirium tests; it evaluates the patient under many sub-headings such as orientation, memory, attention, visual and spatial ability. The gold standard method is DSM-V (North American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-V of Mental Disorders-V) to assess delirium status. There are also some other tests like DRS-R-98 (The Delirium Rating Scale--Revised-98) and 3D-CAM (3-minute diagnostic assessment for CAM-Confusion Assessment Method-defined delirium). In addition to patient assessment, these tests are useful for the clinician in the diagnosis of delirium. The aim of the study is to compare the DRS-R-98 and 3D-CAM tests used in the assessment of POD, and to evaluate their feasibility and the power detecting delirium.

This project is a retrospective evaluation of the routine data of patients who underwent a kidney transplant at the Charité Campus Mitte between January 2015 and December 2019 (until the corona pandemic).

Postoperative delirium is a common complication that usually occurs acutely within the first 24 hours after surgery and resolves within 72 hours; it is common in all medical areas and particularly affects patients over the age of 65 and those with pre-existing cognitive impairments. It is characterized by difficulty organizing and coordinating thoughts and by slowing down motor functions that are observed for a short period after surgery. The study will be an observational prospective study with historical control (pre/post-study) whose primary objective is to identify the incidence of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The population will be adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery at our University Hospital over a period of 12 months. The intervention will be exposure to totally artificial light (for patients hospitalized after the relocation of the department to its original location). The comparator will be exposure to natural light (for patients who will be hospitalized during our temporary transfer to an environment with natural lighting). The outcome will be the incidence of delirium, measured with the Confusion Assessment Method-Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) scale; episodes of agitation requiring sedative drugs; time elapsed before onset of delirium. The study will last 12 months.

In view of the increasingly severe aging situation in China, the perioperative brain health of elderly patients has received increasing attention. Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common postoperative complication characterized by acute consciousness and cognitive dysfunction. The incidence of POD in elderly patients undergoing elective non cardiac surgery is 20%~45%, which often indicates poor cognitive recovery and becomes a heavy burden for family and society. Although the weight of human brain only accounts for 2% of body weight, the oxygen consumption accounts for 20% of the total oxygen consumption of the whole body. On July 2, 2022, the British Journal of Anaesthesia (Chinese Academy of Sciences Division 1, Anesthesiology Division 1, IF11.719), the top international Journal in the field of anesthesiology, published the scientific research achievements of the first author of the applicant. It was found for the first time that sevoflurane, the most commonly used inhalation anesthetic in clinical practice, can cause the activation of glycolysis and the increase of lactic acid in the brain of elderly non-human primate marmosets, which suggests that general anesthetics will affect brain metabolism in the perioperative period. Therefore, we hypothesized that perioperative changes in brain metabolism might be related to the occurrence of POD in elderly patients. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between the changes of brain metabolites and POD during perioperative period by noninvasive monitoring of the characteristics of brain tissue metabolites 24 hours before and 24 hours after the operation with hydrogen ion proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1-HMRS). In order to complete this purpose, this study plans to collect subjects aged 65~90 years who are scheduled to undergo oral and maxillofacial surgery under general anesthesia. The changes of brain metabolites before and after operation were collected by 1-HMRS, and the postoperative delirium related scale was evaluated to analyze the relationship between perioperative changes of brain metabolites and POD.

The specific aim of the study will be to set up a perioperative database to longitudinally track the progress of elderly patients undergoing major surgery from the preoperative period to five years postoperatively. This database will form the foundation of a programme that will be sustainable through future grants to implement clinical strategies to improve outcomes.

Single-celled sequencing for evaluating differences in gene expression patterns in different cell types of the dynamics of a means of this research as a starting point, to study the postoperative delirium and chronic pain at the cellular level changes the contents of a cell, reveal its occurrence and development of the role of gene regulation, find targets and biomarkers, and to provide new ideas for its pathogenesis, To provide theoretical basis support for its prevention, clinical diagnosis and treatment.

This study aimed to investigate whether the association between the preoperative anxiety level and emergence delirium involves EEG frontal alpha asymmetry in pediatric patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery under general anesthesia. The investigators hypothesized that EEG frontal alpha asymmetry contributes a significant portion of the preoperative anxiety - emergence delirium association in pediatric patients. Mediation analysis will be performed to estimate the relationships between preoperative anxiety of children (modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS)), EEG frontal alpha asymmetry, and emergence delirium (Pediatric Assessment of Emergence Delirium (PAED) scale).

The observational study aims to discover differentially expressed circRNAs in the peripheral blood of patients with postoperative delirium, which aims to answer the main questions at: Whether there are changes in circRNA expression in peripheral blood in elderly patients with delirium after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery? Whether the circRNA with altered expression plays an important role in the occurrence and development of POD? What are the functions and underlying mechanisms of circRNA with altered expression in POD? Voluntary patients will receive follow-up 1 day before and 7 days after surgery to assess their cognitive function, and peripheral blood will be collected 1 day before and 3 days after surgery. The study divided patients into POD group and non-POD group according to whether delirium occurred within 7 days after surgery.

This study intends to verify and explore the correlation of neuroinflammation biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of elderly patients undergoing hip replacement with postoperative delirium, so as to achieve a new method to predict whether patients will develop postoperative delirium and improve the prognosis of elderly patients with postoperative delirium. Reduce the probability of postoperative complications, improve the long-term survival rate of patients after surgery.

To study whether there is a correlation between weakness and postoperative delusions in elderly non-cardiac surgery patients Can the improved debilitating index predict the delusion after non-cardiac surgery Which of the debilitating index are independent risk factors associated with postoperative delusions