Delirium in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

The University of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: Delirium

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00919698

16938B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall purpose of this trial is to assess the relationship between a daily awakening from sedation and the prevalence of delirium, and in doing so better characterize delirium in the ICU.

Full description

This is a single center, observational, cross-over design study assessing the impact of daily awakening from sedation on delirium in the ICU. Enrolled patients will receive a daily baseline delirium assessment using the CAM-ICU tool before the awakening from sedation and an assessment during the awakening from sedation. Each patient will thus serve as their own controls for these interventions.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 18 years old
• intubated and mechanically ventilated
• receiving sedative and/or analgesic medication
• candidate for daily awakening from sedative and/or analgesic medication

Exclusion criteria

• primary neurologic disease (stroke, seizure, elevated ICP)
• post cardiac arrest
• do not speak English (assessment only English language validated)

Trial design

102 participants in 1 patient group

Sedated mechanically ventilated patients