[If delirium is not monitored it will often be not detected].
The reported incidence of delirium in critically ill patients ranges widely - from 11% to 87%. Both in the recovery room as well as in the intensive care unit postoperative delirium is the most common psychiatric disease. Patients with ICU delirium have a significant higher 6-month mortality rate. Recent studies could show that the use of a validated delirium assessment tool significantly improves the ability of physicians and nurses to detect delirium in ICU patients. The following article gives a review about different assessment tools of ICU delirium and focuses on the differences between validated delirium scores.
Lütz
Alawi
A
Mitarbeiter der Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum und Campus Charité Mitte. alawi.luetz@charite.de
Heymann
Anja
A
Radtke
Finn M
FM
Spies
Claudia D
CD
D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology; D003693:Delirium / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results