Controversies in Delirium: This Drug, That Drug, No Drugs at All!
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Neuroscience, Pharmacology, 2020
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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

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Content Type Presentation
Knowledge Area Neuroscience
Knowledge Area Pharmacology
Knowledge Level Intermediate
Knowledge Level Advanced
Membership Level Select
Membership Level Professional
Membership Level Associate
Tag Delirium
Tag Psychopharmacology
Year 2020
Keywords
non-pharmacological interventions
delirium prevention
multi-component interventions
ABCDEF bundle
reorientation strategies
family voice recordings
psychological educational interventions
sleep hygiene measures
ICU environment