Controversies in Delirium: This Drug, That Drug, No Drugs at All!
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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2020 Critical Care Congress held February 16-19, 2020, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
Learning Objectives
- Identify sedatives and analgesics appropriate for prevention and treatment of ICU delirium
- Recognize situations and specific patients for whom antipsychotics are appropriate treatment for ICU delirium
- Design environmental and behavioral approaches to decrease delirium incidence in the ICU
Ideal Sedatives and Analgesics to Prevent and Treat ICU Delirium
John W. Devlin
Antipsychotics in the Treatment and Prevention of ICU Delirium
Pamela L. Smithburger
Nonpharmacologic Therapies to Prevent and Treat ICU Delirium
Juliane Jablonski