Association of Delirium during Critical Illness With Mortality: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The temporal association of delirium during critical illness with mortality is unclear, along with the associations of hypoactive and hyperactive motoric subtypes of delirium with mortality. We aimed to evaluate the relationship of delirium during critical illness, including hypoactive and hyperactive motoric subtypes, with mortality in the hospital and after discharge up to 1 year.

Methods

We analyzed a prospective cohort study of adults with respiratory failure and/or shock admitted to university, community, and Veterans Affairs hospitals. We assessed patients using the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale and the Confusion Assessment Method for the intensive care unit (ICU) and defined the motoric subtype according to the corresponding Richmond Agitation-Sedation

SUBMITTER: Hughes CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542584 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature