• Journal of critical care · Oct 2016

    Observational Study

    Routine delirium monitoring is independently associated with a reduction of hospital mortality in critically ill surgical patients: A prospective, observational cohort study.

    • Alawi Luetz, Bjoern Weiss, Sebastian Boettcher, Johann Burmeister, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, and Claudia Spies.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
    • J Crit Care. 2016 Oct 1; 35: 168-73.

    PurposeAlthough delirium monitoring is recommended in international guidelines, there is lacking evidence for improved outcome due to it. We hypothesized that adherence to routine delirium monitoring would improve clinical outcome in adult critically ill patients.Material And MethodsWe present the results of a prospective, noninterventional, observational cohort study that was conducted on 2 intensive care units (ICUs) of a tertiary care medical center between July and October 2007 (International Standard Registered Clinical Trial Record identifier: 76100795). We assessed delirium-monitoring and outcome parameters on a daily basis. Besides multivariate logistic and robust linear regression to analyze the relationship between delirium monitoring and outcome, we used the doubly robust augmented inverse probability weighting method for observational data to estimate effect sizes.ResultsOf 355 screened patients, we included 185 surgical ICU patients into our final analysis, of which 87 were mechanically ventilated. We found an independent association between delirium-monitoring adherence and in-hospital mortality for ventilated patients (odds ratio, 0.973; P= .041). Estimating the effect size, delirium monitoring indicated a reduction of 22% of in-hospital mortality if conducted 50% or more of ICU days per patient. The average ICU length of stay of 46 days was estimated to be reduced by 19 days (P= .031) if patients were sufficiently monitored.ConclusionOur data suggest an improved outcome for mechanically ventilated patients being screened for delirium in clinical routine.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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