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Delirium in the intensive care unit is an acutely developed brain dysfunction affecting up to 80 % of patients. It is associated with significantly increased morbidity and mortality during admission and post-discharge. The mechanism behind the condition is poorly understood but assumably multifactorial, and the purpose of this study is to investigate the pathophysiology further.


Clinical Trial Description

The pathophysiology behind delirium in critical illness is not clarified but assumed to involve inflammation, changes in cerebral perfusion and neurotransmission, sleep deprivation and the use of i.e. sedatives.

Cortical spreading depression is a phenomenon occuring in critically ill patients with acute cerebral trauma and likely associated with significant secondary neuron damage.

The hypothesis is that

1. Delirium in critically ill patients without acute cerebral damage is a clinical manifestation of cortical spreading depression and can be recorded in a noninvasive direct current-electroencephalography

2. Electroencephalographic alterations or potentially specific signatures occur in delirium and thus, delirium can be predicted by recording continuous alternate current electroencephalography on admission in an ICU ;


Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT01980251
Study type Observational [Patient Registry]
Source Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 2013
Completion date September 2015

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