BMJ Open (Jul 2023)

PupillOmetry for preDIction of DeliriUM in ICU (PODIUM): protocol for a prospective multicentre cohort study

  • ,
  • Emmanuel Guerot,
  • Bertrand Hermann,
  • Stéphane Gaudry,
  • Jean-François Timsit,
  • Maxens Decavèle,
  • Alain Combes,
  • Jean-Paul Mira,
  • Benjamin Assouline,
  • Alexandre Demoule,
  • Muriel Fartoukh,
  • Romain Sonneville,
  • Lila Bouadma,
  • Yves Cohen,
  • Guillaume Voiriot,
  • Camille Couffignal,
  • Etienne De Montmollin,
  • Jean-Luc Diehl,
  • Pierre Jaquet,
  • Coralie Tardivon,
  • Sarah Benghanem,
  • Thomas Rambaud,
  • Virginie Godard,
  • Romane Bellot,
  • Daniel Da Silva,
  • Julien Dessajan,
  • Michael Thy,
  • Marc Doman,
  • Hermann Do Rego,
  • Michael Ejzenberg,
  • Erwann Cariou,
  • Simona Presente,
  • Paul-Henri Wicky,
  • Mario Rienzo,
  • Mariem Dlela,
  • Fariza Lamara,
  • Nathalie Marin,
  • Juliette Pelle,
  • Stephanie Cossec,
  • Smina Hadj Mahfoud,
  • Tchoubou Tona,
  • Khalil Chaibi,
  • Eleonore Bouchereau,
  • Antoine Troger,
  • Julie Langlais,
  • Nicolas Peron,
  • Caroline Hauw-Berlemont,
  • Nicolas Brechot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072095
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7

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Introduction Delirium is a severe complication that is associated with short-term adverse events, prolonged hospital stay and neurological sequelae in survivors. Automated pupillometry is an easy-to-use device that allows for accurate objective assessment of the pupillary light responses in comatose patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Whether automated pupillometry might predict delirium in critically ill patients is not known. We hypothesise that automated pupillometry could predict the occurrence of delirium in critically ill patients without primary brain injury, requiring more than 48 hours of invasive mechanical ventilation in the ICU.Methods and analysis The PupillOmetry for preDIction of DeliriUM in ICU (PODIUM) study is a prospective cohort study, which will be conducted in eight French ICUs in the Paris area. We aim to recruit 213 adult patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. Automated pupillometry (Neurological Pupil Index; NPi-200, Neuroptics) will be assessed two times per day for 7 days. Delirium will be assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method in ICU two times per day over 14 days in non-comatose patients (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale ≥−3).The predictive performances of the seven automated pupillometry parameters (ie, pupillary diameter, variation of the pupillary diameter, pupillary constriction speed, pupillary dilatation speed, photomotor reflex latency, NPi and symmetry of pupillary responses) measured to detect the delirium occurrence within 14 days will be the main outcomes. Secondary outcomes will be the predictive performances of the seven automated pupillometry parameters to detect complications related to delirium, ICU length of stay, mortality, functional and cognitive outcomes at 90 days.Ethics and dissemination The PODIUM study has been approved by an independent ethics committee, the Comité de Protection des Personnes (CPP) OUEST IV—NANTES (CPP21.02.15.45239 32/21_3) on 06 April 2021). Participant recruitment started on 15 April 2022. Results will be published in international peer-reviewed medical journals and presented at conferences.Trial registration number NCT05248035; clinicaltrials.gov.