Delirium Monitoring in Neurocritically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The Society of Critical Care Medicine recommends routine delirium monitoring, based on data in critically ill patients without primary neurologic injury. We sought to answer whether there are valid and reliable tools to monitor delirium in neurocritically ill patients and whether delirium is associated with relevant clinical outcomes (e.g., survival, length of stay, functional independence, cognition) in this population. DATA SOURCES:We systematically reviewed Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, and PubMed. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION:Inclusion criteria allowed any study design investigating delirium monitoring in neurocritically ill patients (e.g., neurotrauma, ischemic, and/or hemorrhagic stroke) of any age. We extracted data relev

SUBMITTER: Patel MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185789 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature