About this trial

This observational cohort study is designed to validate the CogCheck application as a risk prediction tool for postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Elective cardiac surgery

Age ≥60 years

Good knowledge of the German language

Written informed consent

Disqualifiers

Emergency surgery

Medical instability limiting preoperative assessment

Surgical procedures without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass

Procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CogCheck

Treatment groups

475 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

1
University Hospital Basel4031, Basel Switzerland

Sponsors and collaborators

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Lead sponsor