Can we improve delirium prevention and treatment in the emergency department? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This systematic review was conducted to evaluate any interventions to prevent incident delirium, or shorten the duration of prevalent delirium, in older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED).

Methods

Health sciences librarian designed electronic searches were conducted from database inception through September 2021. Two authors reviewed studies, and included studies that evaluated interventions for the prevention and/or treatment of delirium and excluded non-ED studies. The risk of bias (ROB) was evaluated by the Cochrane ROB tool or the Newcastle-Ottawa (NOS) scale. Meta-analysis was conducted to estimate a pooled effect of multifactorial programs on delirium prevention.

Results

Our search strategy yielded 11,900 studies of which 10 met study

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9314609 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature