Effectiveness and harms of pharmacological interventions in the treatment of delirium in adults in intensive care units post cardiac surgery: a systematic review protocol

Vivienne Leigh, Catalin Tufanaru, Rosalind Elliott

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Abstract

Review question/objective: The review objective is to synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness and harms of pharmacological interventions in the treatment of delirium in adults in intensive care units (ICU) after cardiac surgery.
The specific review question is: What is the effectiveness and what are the harms of pharmacological interventions in relation to the duration and severity of delirium episodes, length of stay in ICU, length of stay in hospital, functional capacity and quality of life and mortality for critically ill adult patients treated in intensive care after cardiac surgery?
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1117-1125
Number of pages9
JournalJBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
Volume16
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2018
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

An erratum exists for this article and can be found in JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (2018) 16(9) p. 1903 at doi: 10.1124/JBISRIR-2017-003894

Keywords

  • delirium
  • intensive care units
  • pharmacological interventions
  • post cardiac surgery

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