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Delirium in the ICU: an overview

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of Intensive Care, December 2012
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Title
Delirium in the ICU: an overview
Published in
Annals of Intensive Care, December 2012
DOI 10.1186/2110-5820-2-49
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Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Mohamed Saad, Paul E Marik

Abstract

Delirium is characterized by a disturbance of consciousness with accompanying change in cognition. Delirium typically manifests as a constellation of symptoms with an acute onset and a fluctuating course. Delirium is extremely common in the intensive care unit (ICU) especially amongst mechanically ventilated patients. Three subtypes have been recognized: hyperactive, hypoactive, and mixed. Delirium is frequently undiagnosed unless specific diagnostic instruments are used. The CAM-ICU is the most widely studied and validated diagnostic instrument. However, the accuracy of this tool may be less than ideal without adequate training of the providers applying it. The presence of delirium has important prognostic implications; in mechanically ventilated patients it is associated with a 2.5-fold increase in short-term mortality and a 3.2-fold increase in 6-month mortality. Nonpharmacological approaches, such as physical and occupational therapy, decrease the duration of delirium and should be encouraged. Pharmacological treatment for delirium traditionally includes haloperidol; however, more data for haloperidol are needed given the paucity of placebo-controlled trials testing its efficacy to treat delirium in the ICU. Second-generation antipsychotics have emerged as an alternative for the treatment of delirium, and they may have a better safety profile. Dexmedetomidine may prove to be a valuable adjunctive agent for patients with delirium in the ICU.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 4 <1%
Mexico 2 <1%
India 1 <1%
Czechia 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Iceland 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 451 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 68 15%
Student > Postgraduate 60 13%
Student > Bachelor 54 12%
Researcher 40 9%
Other 39 8%
Other 99 21%
Unknown 105 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 226 49%
Nursing and Health Professions 59 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 2%
Psychology 8 2%
Other 45 10%
Unknown 110 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 109. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 May 2022.
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#324,215
of 22,880,230 outputs
Outputs from Annals of Intensive Care
#29
of 1,046 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,423
of 281,108 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Annals of Intensive Care
#3
of 28 outputs
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