Effect of a Delirium Screening Tool on Antipsychotic Medication Use in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium has been associated with increased length of hospital stay, morbidity, mechanical ventilation, and health care resource utilization. Antipsychotics are frequently used for ICU delirium management, despite a lack of robust evidence in the literature to support their benefit. Delirium screening may result in pharmacologic or non-pharmacologic treatment.

Methods

In January 2019 we began screening patients admitted to the pediatric ICU (PICU) for delirium using the Cornell Assessment for Pediatric Delirium (CAPD). We compared prescribing rates of antipsychotic medications before and after implementation. We also assessed length of hospital and ICU stay prior to initiating therapy, delirium score prior to initiation of therapy, time af

SUBMITTER: Berhane H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150905 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature