Predictors for Postoperative Delirium After Major Noncardiac Surgery in Adults

NCT ID: NCT04460716

Last Updated: 2020-07-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 5000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2015-12-31

Brief Summary

This research project is an observational cohort study by retrospective chart review of patients that underwent major noncardiac surgery at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, in the years 2011-2015. The PODMAS study aims to identify risk factors for POD in a general surgical population.

Detailed Description

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. (DSM-5) describes delirium as a "disturbance in attention (i.e., reduced ability to direct, focus, sustain, and shift attention) and awareness (reduced orientation to the environment)". In addition, a "disturbance in cognition (e.g., memory deficit, disorientation, language, visuospatial ability, or perception)" occurs. The deficits cannot be explained by other neurocognitive disorders.

Delirium develops within hours to a few days and can fluctuate in severity during the day. Acute delirium lasts a few hours or days, whereas persistent delirium lasts for weeks or months. In a hospital setting, delirium hardly ever lasts longer than a week but some symptoms can persist for months after the patient was discharged.

According to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th rev. (ICD-10), delirium is a pathologic brain disorder, which consists of a disturbance in consciousness, attention, perception, memory, psychomotor functions, emotional stability, and circadian rhythm. The severity can range from mild to very severe POD occurs in connection with a surgical procedure within the first four days after an intervention. 10-70% of all surgical patients above the age of 65 years are affected.

Delirium is not only a burden to the patient and their family by increasing functional and cognitive damages, and increasing mortality, it has a high impact on the economy, as well. A patient with delirium has a longer length of hospital stay, more complications, and often requires long-term care after being discharged from the hospital. All these aspects show the need for prevention of delirium.

There are various preoperative risk factors that influence the development of POD. Advanced age, preexisting cognitive impairment, depression and other psychopathologic symptoms, intake of psychotropic substances, sensory impairment like decrease in visual or auditory perception, impairment in daily life activities, dehydration, malnutrition, metabolic dysfunctions, urinary catheters, severe diseases and different comorbidities such as chronic cardiac insufficiency, atrial fibrillation, or previous history of stroke or infections favor the development of delirium.

The incidence of POD after major noncardiac surgery and the burden to patients and healthcare systems in general is high.

This research project is an observational cohort study by retrospective chart review of patients that underwent major noncardiac surgery at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, in the years 2011-2015. The PODMAS study aims to identify risk factors for POD in a general surgical population.

Conditions

Postoperative Delirium

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Major noncardiac surgery

Vascular, thoracic, visceral, orthopedic, gynecologic, urologic, ENT, maxillo-facial, plastic and reconstructive surgery

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients who underwent major noncardiac surgery at the University Hospital Basel during the years 2011-2015.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients that died during the operation or one day after surgery.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nicolai Goettel

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Nicolai Goettel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Other Identifiers

PODMAS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id