Abstract

HENAO CASTANO, Ángela María  and  AMAYA-REY, María Consuelo Del Pilar. DELIRIUM IN AWAKE PATIENTS WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.1, pp.120-129. ISSN 1657-4702.

Objectives: Identify the incidence of delirium in awake patients who receive primary prophylaxis during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit in the Palermo Clinic, Bogota- Colombia. Methodology: Prospective cohort study. This study explored the relationship of delirium with primary prophylaxis, medical illness and personal history The sample size (n = 102) was calculated by taking into account the traced frequency of awake patients on mechanical ventilation with an average hospital stay of 7 days univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistical analyses. Results: Delirium was presented in 8 out of 102 patients (22 %) significant differences were noted between those who raved and those who did not rave for age and Marshall. Significant relationships among delirium Apache, Tiss 28, and Marshall were not proven via logistic regression. Conclusions: Advance age (over 60 years old) is a predisposing factor for the presence of delirium as well as smoking history. The medication administration in the primary prophylaxis did not show any association with the absence of delirium in awake patients on mechanical ventilation in the ICU.

Keywords : Delirium; Intensive care; Nursing; Artificial respiration.

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