The attributable mortality of delirium in critically ill patients: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the attributable mortality caused by delirium in critically ill patients.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

32 mixed bed intensive care unit in the Netherlands, January 2011 to July 2013.

Participants

1112 consecutive adults admitted to an intensive care unit for a minimum of 24 hours.

Exposures

Trained observers evaluated delirium daily using a validated protocol. Logistic regression and competing risks survival analyses were used to adjust for baseline variables and a marginal structural model analysis to adjust for confounding by evolution of disease severity before the onset of delirium.

Main outcome measure

Mortality during admission to an intensive care unit.

Results

Among 1112 evaluated patients, 558 (50

SUBMITTER: Klein Klouwenberg PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4243039 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature