Intensive care medicine
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Intensive Care Med
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 2025
The association between pain, analgesia, and delirium among critically ill adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis examining the relationship between pain or pain medications and delirium occurence, duration, and severity. ⋯ We observed an association between pain and incident delirium among critically ill adults. Exposure to morphine or fentanyl (but no other pain medications) was associated with increased risk of delirium occurrence.