Ricardo Alejandro Fonseca Ruiz, Melissa Canas, Leonardo Diaz, Jose Alejandro Aldana, Hussain Afzal, Alejandro De Filippis Falcon, Drew Del Toro, Aaron Day, Jennifer McCarthy, Kristin Stansfield, Grant V Bochicchio, Grace Niziolek, Lindsay M Kranker, Matthew R Rosengart, Mark Hoofnagle, Jennifer Leonard
BACKGROUND: Serial neurologic examinations (NE) are routinely recommended in the ICU within the first 24 hours following a TBI. There are currently no widely accepted guidelines for the frequency of NE. Disruptions to the sleep-wake cycles increase the delirium rate. We aimed to evaluate whether there is a correlation between prolonged Q1-NE and development of delirium and to determine if this practice reduces the likelihood of missing the detection of a process requiring emergent intervention...
March 21, 2024: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery