delirium
Pharmacist-Led Protocols Improve ICU Sedation
LAS VEGAS—Determining how deeply to sedate patients in the ICU remains a complicated issue, but multiple ...
JANUARY 19, 2023
Post-op Delirium Lower in Patients With Pre-op Migraine Diagnosis
A preoperative diagnosis of migraine is associated with less postoperative delirium, a surprising finding from a ...
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
New AI Tool Helps Predict Which Patients Might Develop Delirium After Surgery
Predicting which patients may develop delirium after surgery seems to have taken a step forward, thanks to the ...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
PADIS Guideline: Sleep Can Help Reduce Delirium
San Diego—Allowing ICU patients to sleep can help reduce delirium, so new guidelines recommend just that: ...
MARCH 4, 2019
Study Finds Delirium Medications Commonly Stay on Charts Past ICU Discharge
Seattle—More than half of ICU patients placed on antipsychotics for the management of delirium were continued ...
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Delirium: Thinking Clearly About a Foggy Issue
Delirium, common in the ICU, is associated with poor outcomes, including seven extra days in the ICU, on average, ...
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Benzodiazepine Exposure Can Predict Delirium in Critically Ill Children
Age, severity of illness and benzodiazepine exposure are the strongest predictors of delirium in critically ill ...
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Initiative Reduces Incident Delirium in Older Adults
A multidisciplinary initiative including pharmacists reduced rates of nosocomial delirium by 37%.
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
