tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Implementation of a delirium assessment tool in the ICU can influence haloperidol use"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Implementation of a delirium assessment tool in the ICU can influence haloperidol use. | Available online http content 13 4 R131 Research Implementation of a delirium assessment tool in the ICU can influence haloperidol use Mark van den Boogaard1 Peter Pickkers1 Hans van der Hoeven1 Gabriel Roodbol2 Theo van Achterberg3 and Lisette Schoonhoven3 Department of Intensive care medicine Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre . box 9101 Internal post 685 Nijmegen 6500HB The Netherlands 2Department of Psychiatry Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre . box 9101 Internal post 963 Nijmegen 6500HB The Netherlands Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Geert Grooteplein noord 21 Internal post 114 Nijmegen 6525 EZ The Netherlands Corresponding author Mark van den Boogaard Received 1 May 2009 Revisions requested 23 Jun 2009 Revisions received 20 Jul 2009 Accepted 10 Aug 2009 Published 10 Aug 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R131 doi cc7991 This article is online at http content 13 4 R131 2009 van den Boogaard et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction In critically ill patients delirium is a serious and frequent disorder that is associated with a prolonged intensive care and hospital stay and an increased morbidity and mortality. Without the use of a delirium screening instrument delirium is often missed by ICU nurses and physicians. The effects of implementation of a screening method on haloperidol use is not known. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the confusion assessment method-ICU CAM-ICU and the effect of its use on frequency and duration of haloperidol use. Methods We used a tailored implementation strategy focused on .