Outcomes after delirium in a Japanese intensive care unit

• Published in: General hospital psychiatry Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 634 - 636
• Main Authors: Yamaguchi, Takako, Tsukioka, Etsuko, Kishi, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort Studies; Delirium; Delirium - epidemiology; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intensive care unit; Intensive Care Units; Japan; Length of stay; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Logistic Models; Male; Mass Screening; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Referral and Consultation - utilization; Risk Factors; Social Work Department, Hospital - utilization; Social worker; Japan; Delirium; Social worker; Intensive care unit; Risk factors; Length of stay; Residence time; Risk factor; Japanese; Mental confusion; Organic mental disorder

Delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) is recognized as a major public health problem. Few Japanese outcome studies have been reported. The purpose of the study was to investigate the hospital outcomes of ICU delirium in a Japanese general hospital. Patients were drawn from consecutive admissions...