Does pain optimisation impact delirium outcomes in critically ill patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Untreated pain is associated with short-term and long-term consequences, including post-traumatic stress disorder and insomnia. Side effects of some analgesic medications include dysphoria, hallucinations and delirium. Therefore, both untreated pain and analgesic medications may be risk factors for delirium. Delirium is associated with longer length of stay or cognitive impairment. Our systematic review and meta-analysis will examine the relationship between pain or analgesic medications with delirium occurrence, duration and severity among critically ill adults.

Methods and analysis

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central Register of controlled trials and a review of recent conference abstracts will be searched without restriction from inception to 15 May 2

SUBMITTER: Leong AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806641 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature