• J Nurs Care Qual · Jan 2014

    Is delirium an unrecognized threat to patient safety in Korean intensive care units?

    • Kyoung-Ja Moon, Jinshi Piao, Yinji Jin, and Sun-Mi Lee.
    • Department of Nursing, Catholic Sangji College, Andong (Ms Moon); and College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul (Ms Piao, Ms Jin, and Dr Lee), Korea.
    • J Nurs Care Qual. 2014 Jan 1;29(1):91-8.

    AbstractDelirium is an emerging topic in patient safety. However, in Korea, delirium is still underrecognized despite high incidence rates in Korean hospitals. We studied the impact of delirium on patient outcomes in Korean intensive care units (ICUs) and found that delirium is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, shorter survival over the course of hospitalization, longer ICU and hospital stays, more frequent readmission to the ICU for the same hospitalization event, and higher health care costs.

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