Improved Guideline Adherence and Reduced Brain Dysfunction After a Multicenter Multifaceted Implementation of ICU Delirium Guidelines in 3,930 Patients

Objectives:
Implementation of delirium guidelines at ICUs is suboptimal. The aim was to evaluate the impact of a tailored multifaceted implementation program of ICU delirium guidelines on processes of care and clinical outcomes and draw lessons regarding guideline implementation.
Design:
A prospective multicenter, pre-post, intervention study.
Setting:
ICUs in one university hospital and five community hospitals.
Patients:
Consecutive medical and surgical critically ill patients were enrolled between April 1, 2012, and February 1, 2015.
Interventions:
Multifaceted, three-phase (baseline, delirium screening, and guideline) implementation program of delirium guidelines in adult ICUs.
Measurements and Main Results:
The primary outcome was adherence changes to delirium guidelines recommendations, based on the Pain, Agitation and Delirium guidelines. Secondary outcomes were brain dysfunction (delirium or coma), length of ICU stay, and hospital mortality. A total of 3,930 patients were included. Improvements after the implementation pertained to delirium screening (from 35% to 96%; p

Source: Critical Care Medicine - February 16, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Neurologic Critical Care Source Type: research