An anonymous international multicenter - clinical survey, one-day observational study.
Delirium is a serious complication in postoperative and critically ill patients and is independently associated with cognitive impairment at hospital discharge and with significantly higher 6-month mortality. Furthermore, ICU delirium is associated with more days requiring mechanically ventilation, longer ICU length of stay, and longer hospital length of stay. More recently a study by Pisani and co-workers' could show an association between days of delirium and mortality; - each additional day spent in delirium is associated with a 20% increased risk of prolonged hospitalization - translating to over 10 additional days - and a 10% increased risk of death.The reported prevalence of delirium in critically ill patients ranges widely from 11% to 87%. The aim of our study is to investigate the implementation rate of routine delirium assessment in European ICUs.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,002
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
Implementation rate of routine delirium assessment
Time frame: 24 hours
Point prevalence of ICU delirium
Time frame: 24 hours
Methodology of delirium assessment (e.g. type of score, frequency of evaluation)
Time frame: 24 hours
Non-pharmacological treatment-/prevention strategies
Time frame: 24 hours
Drugs used for delirium treatment
Time frame: 24 hours
Sedation practices (e.g. scales, daily sedation goals, SBT - spontaneous breathing trials, SAT - spontaneous awakening trials)
Time frame: 24 hours
Analgesia regimes (e.g. scales)
Time frame: 24 hours
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