Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
September 2024
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, crisis changes in clinical care increased rates of delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU). Deep sedation, unfamiliar environments with visitor restrictions, and such factors due to high workload and health system strain contributed to the occurrence of delirium doubling in the ICU. As the pandemic wanes, health care systems and ICU leadership must emphasize post-pandemic recovery, integrating lessons learned about delirium management, evidence-based care, and family involvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry
November 2024
Background: Delirium is an acute brain dysfunction associated with an increased risk of mortality and future dementia.
Objectives: To describe the prevalence of clinically documented delirium in the United States on World Delirium Awareness Day 2023.
Methods: This is a sub-analysis of a prospective, cross-sectional, online, international survey.
Delirium is a significant geriatric condition associated with adverse clinical and economic outcomes. The cause of delirium is usually multifactorial, and person-centered multicomponent approaches for proper delirium management are required. In 2017, the John A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since 2015, the American Delirium Society (ADS) Research Committee has conducted an annual survey of the delirium literature for presentation in its year-in-review session. Our objectives were to describe the review process used for the 2021-2022 and to summarise the selected publications.
Methods: Each member of the ADS Research Committee nominated up to 6 publications considered to be the most impactful primary delirium research published from September 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022.