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Monitoring for Delirium in Critically Ill Adults

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Delirium is one of the most common manifestations of acute brain dysfunction. It is a serious complication in people receiving care throughout the hospital and a strong predictor of worse outcomes. Despite its high prevalence, delirium goes undetected without the use of a structured tool in up to three out of four patients by bedside nurses and medical practitioners in many hospital settings. Delirium monitoring with a valid and reliable tool is recommended in numerous guidelines as part of routine clinical care, and multiple tools have been developed for reliable monitoring in ICU and non-ICU settings. Regular monitoring of delirium allows its enhanced detection that could facilitate clinical management and improve patient outcomes.

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  1. Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Annachiara Marra

  2. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center and the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, USA

    Leanne M. Boehm

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

    Katarzyna Kotfis

  4. Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Brenda T. Pun

  5. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Brenda T. Pun

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Marra, A., Boehm, L.M., Kotfis, K., Pun, B.T. (2020). Monitoring for Delirium in Critically Ill Adults. In: Hughes, C., Pandharipande, P., Ely, E. (eds) Delirium. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25751-4_2

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