Sangeeta Mehta, Deborah Cook, John W Devlin, Yoanna Skrobik, Maureen Meade, Dean Fergusson, Margaret Herridge, Marilyn Steinberg, John Granton, Niall Ferguson, Maged Tanios, Peter Dodek, Robert Fowler, Karen Burns, Michael Jacka, Kendiss Olafson, Ranjeeta Mallick, Steven Reynolds, Sean Keenan, Lisa Burry
OBJECTIVE: Delirium is common during critical illness and associated with adverse outcomes. We compared characteristics and outcomes of delirious and nondelirious patients enrolled in a multicenter trial comparing protocolized sedation with protocolized sedation plus daily sedation interruption. DESIGN: Randomized trial. SETTING: Sixteen North American medical and surgical ICUs. PATIENTS: Four hundred thirty critically ill, mechanically ventilated adults...
March 2015: Critical Care Medicine