Status:
UNKNOWN
The Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Delirium in Critically Ill Patients
Lead Sponsor:
China Medical University Hospital
Conditions:
Intensive Care Unit Delirium
Delirium
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Introduction: Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is an acute onset of brain dysfunction, which can affect 25-80% of ICU patients. Delirium is also associated with long term cognition impairment, highe...
Detailed Description
Introduction: Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is an acute onset of brain dysfunction, which can affect 25-80% of ICU patients. Delirium is also associated with long term cognition impairment, highe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 20-90
- Apache score \<30
- Patients admitted in the ICU
- Positive delirium score as: 4 or more points according to the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)
- Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS): +1, +2, +3, +4 -1, -2
Exclusion
- Coagulopathy: Prolong Prothrombin Time (PPT) activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) more than 4 times
- Thrombocytopenia - low platelet count
- Clinically unstable: receiving two inotropic agents or Fraction of Inspired Oxygen (FiO2) \>70%
- Rass score: 0, -3, -4 (at the time of enrollment)
- Primary central nervous system disorder: stroke, traumatic brain injury, central nervous system infections, brain tumors, recent intracranial surgery
- Alcohol or substance withdrawal.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 12 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 30 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04312893
Start Date
March 12 2020
End Date
May 30 2022
Last Update
August 3 2021
Active Locations (1)
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medical and surgical intensive care department, medical and the surgical ward of China Medical University Hospital
Taichung, Taiwan, 404472