Open AccessDevelopment and Implementation of a Multicomponent Protocol to Promote Sleep and Reduce Delirium in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Adrienne Darby,
Kalynn Northam,
Charles Austin,
Lydia Chang,
Stacy Campbell-Bright
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pharmacotherapy/the annals of pharmacotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1542-6270
pISSN - 1060-0280
DOI - 10.1177/10600280211043278
Subject(s) - interquartile range , delirium , medicine , intensive care unit , mechanical ventilation , emergency medicine , prospective cohort study , sleep deprivation , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , circadian rhythm
Evidence suggests that poor sleep increases risk of delirium. Because delirium is associated with poor outcomes, institutions have developed protocols to improve sleep in critically ill patients.