Effects of pain, sedation and delirium monitoring on clinical and economic outcome: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Significant improvements in clinical outcome can be achieved by implementing effective strategies to optimise pain management, reduce sedative exposure, and prevent and treat delirium in ICU patients. One important strategy is the monitoring of pain, agitation and delirium (PAD bundle). We hypothesised that there is no sufficient financial benefit to implement a monitoring strategy in a Diagnosis Related Group (DRG)-based reimbursement system, therefore we expected better clinical and decreased economic outcome for monitored patients.

Methods

This is a retrospective observational study using routinely collected data. We used univariate and multiple linear analysis, machine-learning analysis and a novel correlation statistic (maximal information coefficient) to exp

SUBMITTER: Deffland M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7467321 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature