Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
42(01), P. 112 - 126
Published: Aug. 3, 2020
Delirium
is
a
debilitating
form
of
brain
dysfunction
frequently
encountered
in
the
intensive
care
unit
(ICU).
It
associated
with
increased
morbidity
and
mortality,
longer
lengths
stay,
higher
hospital
costs,
cognitive
impairment
that
persists
long
after
discharge.
Predisposing
factors
include
smoking,
hypertension,
cardiac
disease,
sepsis,
premorbid
dementia.
Precipitating
respiratory
failure
shock,
metabolic
disturbances,
prolonged
mechanical
ventilation,
pain,
immobility,
sedatives
adverse
environmental
conditions
impairing
vision,
hearing,
sleep.
Historically,
antipsychotic
medications
were
mainstay
delirium
treatment
critically
ill.
Based
on
more
recent
literature,
current
Society
Critical
Care
Medicine
(SCCM)
guidelines
suggest
against
routine
use
antipsychotics
for
ill
adults.
Other
pharmacologic
interventions
(e.g.,
dexmedetomidine)
are
under
investigation
their
impact
not
yet
clear.
Nonpharmacologic
thus
remain
cornerstone
management.
This
approach
summarized
ABCDEF
bundle
(Assess,
prevent,
manage
pain;
Both
SAT
SBT;
Choice
analgesia
sedation;
Delirium:
assess,
manage;
Early
mobility
exercise;
Family
engagement
empowerment).
The
implementation
this
reduces
odds
developing
chances
needing
there
challenges
to
its
implementation.
There
an
urgent
need
ongoing
studies
effectively
mitigate
risk
better
understand
pathobiology
underlying
ICU
so
as
identify
additional
potential
treatments.
Further
refinements
therapeutic
options,
from
drugs
rehabilitation,
areas
ripe
study
improve
short-
long-term
outcomes
patients
delirium.
Critical Care Medicine,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
46(9), P. e825 - e873
Published: Aug. 16, 2018
To
update
and
expand
the
2013
Clinical
Practice
Guidelines
for
Management
of
Pain,
Agitation,
Delirium
in
Adult
Patients
ICU.Thirty-two
international
experts,
four
methodologists,
critical
illness
survivors
met
virtually
at
least
monthly.
All
section
groups
gathered
face-to-face
annual
Society
Critical
Care
Medicine
congresses;
virtual
connections
included
those
unable
to
attend.
A
formal
conflict
interest
policy
was
developed
a
priori
enforced
throughout
process.
Teleconferences
electronic
discussions
among
subgroups
whole
panel
were
part
guidelines'
development.
general
content
review
completed
by
all
members
January
2017.Content
ICU
represented
each
five
sections
guidelines:
Agitation/sedation,
Delirium,
Immobility
(mobilization/rehabilitation),
Sleep
(disruption).
Each
created
Population,
Intervention,
Comparison,
Outcome,
nonactionable,
descriptive
questions
based
on
perceived
clinical
relevance.
The
guideline
group
then
voted
their
ranking,
patients
prioritized
importance.
For
Outcome
question,
searched
best
available
evidence,
determined
its
quality,
formulated
recommendations
as
"strong,"
"conditional,"
or
"good"
practice
statements
Grading
Recommendations
Assessment,
Development
Evaluation
principles.
In
addition,
evidence
gaps
caveats
explicitly
identified.The
Agitation/Sedation,
(disruption)
issued
37
(three
strong
34
conditional),
two
good
statements,
32
ungraded,
nonactionable
statements.
Three
from
patient-centered
question
list
remained
without
recommendation.We
found
substantial
agreement
large,
interdisciplinary
cohort
experts
regarding
supporting
recommendations,
remaining
literature
assessment,
prevention,
treatment
critically
ill
adults.
Highlighting
this
research
needs
will
improve
management
provide
foundation
improved
outcomes
science
vulnerable
population.
JAMA,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
319(1), P. 62 - 62
Published: Jan. 2, 2018
Importance
Survival
from
sepsis
has
improved
in
recent
years,
resulting
an
increasing
number
of
patients
who
have
survived
treatment.
Current
guidelines
do
not
provide
guidance
on
posthospital
care
or
recovery.
Observations
Each
year,
more
than
19
million
individuals
develop
sepsis,
defined
as
a
life-threatening
acute
organ
dysfunction
secondary
to
infection.
Approximately
14
survive
hospital
discharge
and
their
prognosis
varies.
Half
recover,
one-third
die
during
the
following
one-sixth
severe
persistent
impairments.
Impairments
include
development
average
1
2
new
functional
limitations
(eg,
inability
bathe
dress
independently),
3-fold
increase
prevalence
moderate
cognitive
impairment
(from
6.1%
before
hospitalization
16.7%
after
hospitalization),
high
mental
health
problems,
including
anxiety
(32%
survive),
depression
(29%),
posttraumatic
stress
disorder
(44%).
About
40%
are
rehospitalized
within
90
days
discharge,
often
for
conditions
that
potentially
treatable
outpatient
setting,
such
infection
(11.9%)
exacerbation
heart
failure
(5.5%).
Compared
with
hospitalized
other
diagnoses,
those
at
increased
risk
recurrent
matched
(8.0%)
(P
<
.001),
renal
(3.3%
vs
1.2%,P
cardiovascular
events
(adjusted
hazard
ratio
[HR]
range,
1.1-1.4).
Reasons
deterioration
multifactorial
accelerated
progression
preexisting
chronic
conditions,
residual
damage,
impaired
immune
function.
Characteristics
associated
complications
treatment
fully
understood
but
both
poorer
presepsis
status,
characteristics
septic
episode
severity
infection,
host
response
infection),
quality
timeliness
initial
care,
avoidance
treatment-related
harms).
Although
there
is
paucity
clinical
trial
evidence
support
specific
postdischarge
rehabilitation
treatment,
experts
recommend
referral
physical
therapy
improve
exercise
capacity,
strength,
independent
completion
activities
daily
living.
This
recommendation
supported
by
observational
study
involving
30
000
survivors
found
was
lower
10-year
mortality
compared
propensity-matched
controls
HR,
0.94;
95%
CI,
0.92-0.97,P
.001).
Conclusions
Relevance
In
months
management
should
focus
(1)
identifying
physical,
mental,
problems
referring
appropriate
(2)
reviewing
adjusting
long-term
medications,
(3)
evaluating
commonly
result
hospitalization,
failure,
aspiration.
For
poor
declining
prior
experience
further
it
may
be
palliation
symptoms.
Critical Care Medicine,
Journal Year:
2015,
Volume and Issue:
43(5), P. 1121 - 1129
Published: Feb. 5, 2015
To
conduct
a
systematic
review
and
metaanalysis
of
the
prevalence,
risk
factors,
prevention/treatment
strategies
for
posttraumatic
stress
disorder
symptoms
in
critical
illness
survivors.PubMed,
Embase,
CINAHL,
PsycINFO,
Cochrane
Library
from
inception
through
March
5,
2014.Eligible
studies
met
following
criteria:
1)
adult
general/nonspecialty
ICU,
2)
validated
instrument
greater
than
or
equal
to
1
month
post-ICU,
3)
sample
size
10
patients.Duplicate
independent
data
abstraction
all
eligible
titles/abstracts/full-text
articles.The
search
identified
2,817
titles/abstracts,
with
40
articles
on
36
unique
cohorts
(n
=
4,260
patients).
The
Impact
Event
Scale
was
most
common
instrument.
Between
6
months
post-ICU
(six
studies;
n
456),
pooled
mean
(95%
CI)
score
20
(17-24),
prevalences
clinically
important
were
25%
(18-34%)
44%
(36-52%)
using
thresholds
35
20,
respectively.
7
12
(five
698),
17
(9-24),
17%
(10-26%)
34%
(22-50%),
ICU
factors
included
benzodiazepine
administration
memories
frightening
experiences.
Posttraumatic
associated
worse
quality
life.
In
European-based
studies:
an
diary
significant
reduction
symptoms,
self-help
rehabilitation
manual
symptom
at
2
months,
but
not
months;
nurse-led
follow-up
clinic
did
reduce
symptoms.Clinically
occurred
one
fifth
survivors
1-year
follow-up,
higher
prevalence
those
who
had
comorbid
psychopathology,
received
benzodiazepines,
early
European
studies,
diaries
reduced
symptoms.
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
5(2), P. 90 - 92
Published: June 1, 2017
Abstract
Survival
of
critically
unwell
patients
has
improved
in
the
last
decade
due
to
advances
critical
care
medicine.
Some
these
survivors
develop
cognitive,
psychiatric
and
/or
physical
disability
after
treatment
intensive
unit
(ICU),
which
is
now
recognized
as
post
syndrome
(PICS).
Given
limited
awareness
about
PICS
medical
faculty
this
aspect
often
overlooked
may
lead
reduced
quality
life
cause
a
lot
suffering
their
families.
Efforts
should
be
directed
towards
preventing
by
minimizing
sedation
early
mobilization
during
ICU.All
evaluated
for
those
having
signs
symptoms
it
managed
multidisciplinary
team
includes
physician,
neuro-psychiatrist,
physiotherapist
respiratory
therapist,
with
use
pharmacological
non-apharmacological
interventions.
This
can
achieved
through
an
organizational
change
improvement,
knowing
high
rate
incidence
its
adverse
effects
on
survivor’s
daily
activities
effect
family.
Critical Care Medicine,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
45(2), P. 321 - 330
Published: Jan. 18, 2017
Over
the
past
20
years,
critical
care
has
matured
in
a
myriad
of
ways
resulting
dramatically
higher
survival
rates
for
our
sickest
patients.
For
millions
new
survivors
comes
de
novo
suffering
and
disability
called
"the
postintensive
syndrome."
Patients
with
syndrome
are
robbed
their
normal
cognitive,
emotional,
physical
capacity
cannot
resume
previous
life.
The
ICU
Liberation
Collaborative
is
real-world
quality
improvement
initiative
being
implemented
across
76
ICUs
designed
to
engage
strategically
ABCDEF
bundle
through
team-
evidence-based
care.
This
article
explains
science
philosophy
liberating
patients
families
from
harm
that
both
inherent
illness
iatrogenic.
liberation
an
extensive
program
facilitate
implementation
pain,
agitation,
delirium
guidelines
using
bundle.
Participating
teams
adapt
data
hundreds
peer-reviewed
studies
operationalize
systematic
reliable
methodology
shifts
culture
harmful
inertia
sedation
restraints
animated
filled
who
awake,
cognitively
engaged,
mobile
family
members
engaged
as
partners
team
at
bedside.
In
doing
so,
"liberated"
iatrogenic
aspects
threaten
his
or
her
sense
self-worth
human
dignity.
goal
this
2017
plenary
lecture
47th
Society
Critical
Care
Medicine
Congress
provide
clinical
synthesis
literature
led
creation
explain
how
patient-
family-centered,
novel,
generalizable,
practice
changing.
Critical Care Medicine,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
46(9), P. 1393 - 1401
Published: May 22, 2018
To
describe
the
frequency
of
co-occurring
newly
acquired
cognitive
impairment,
disability
in
activities
daily
livings,
and
depression
among
survivors
a
critical
illness
to
evaluate
predictors
being
free
post-intensive
care
syndrome
problems.Prospective
cohort
study.Medical
surgical
ICUs
from
five
U.S.
centers.Patients
with
respiratory
failure
or
shock,
excluding
those
preexisting
impairment
livings.None.At
3
12
months
after
hospital
discharge,
we
assessed
patients
for
disability,
depression.
We
categorized
into
eight
groups
reflecting
combinations
cognitive,
mental
health
problems.
Using
multivariable
logistic
regression,
modeled
association
between
age,
education,
frailty,
durations
mechanical
ventilation,
delirium,
severe
sepsis
odds
free.
analyzed
406
median
age
61
years
an
Acute
Physiology
Chronic
Health
Evaluation
II
23.
At
months,
one
more
problems
were
present
64%
56%,
respectively.
Nevertheless,
(i.e.,
two
domains)
25%
at
21%
months.
Post-intensive
all
three
domains
only
6%
4%
More
education
was
associated
greater
(p
<
0.001
mo).
frailty
lower
=
0.005
mo
p
0.048
mo).In
this
multicenter
study,
majority
survivors,
but
out
four.
Education
protective
predictive
development
Future
studies
are
needed
understand
better
heterogeneous
subtypes
identify
modifiable
risk
factors.