Delirium prevention and treatment in the emergency department (ED): a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Delirium is a dangerous syndrome of acute brain dysfunction that is common in the emergency department (ED), especially among the geriatric population. Most systematic reviews of interventions for delirium prevention and treatment have focused on inpatient settings. Best practices of effective delirium care in ED settings have not been established. The primary objective of this study is to identify pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions as applied by physicians, nursing staff, pharmacists and other ED personnel to prevent incident delirium and to shorten the severity and duration of prevalent delirium in a geriatric population within the ED.

Methods and analysis

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SUBMITTER: Dahlstrom EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539587 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature