Outcome of delirium in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the relation between delirium in critically ill patients and their outcomes in the short term (in the intensive care unit and in hospital) and after discharge from hospital.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and PsychINFO, with no language restrictions, up to 1 January 2015.

Eligibility criteria for selection studies

Reports were eligible for inclusion if they were prospective observational cohorts or clinical trials of adults in intensive care units who were assessed with a validated delirium screening or rating system, and if the association was measured between delirium and at least one of four clinical endpoints (death during admission, length of st

SUBMITTER: Salluh JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4454920 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature