2015
Awake or Sedated: Trends in the Evaluation and Management of Agitation in the Intensive Care Unit
DeBiasi EM, Akgün KM, Pisani M. Awake or Sedated: Trends in the Evaluation and Management of Agitation in the Intensive Care Unit. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 36: 899-913. PMID: 26595050, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564875.BooksConceptsICU patientsSedation practicesIll intensive care unit (ICU) patientsIntensive care unit patientsSedation assessment scaleMechanical ventilation durationCare unit patientsManagement of agitationMost ICU patientsIntensive care unitImproved clinical outcomesMultidisciplinary treatment modelLife-saving interventionsHospital lengthMinimal sedationSedative medicationsUnit patientsCare unitClinical outcomesMechanical ventilationVentilation durationPatient distressFunctional impairmentPractice guidelinesPatient discomfort
2005
Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia*
Pisani MA, Redlich CA, McNicoll L, Ely EW, Friedkin RJ, Inouye SK. Short-term outcomes in older intensive care unit patients with dementia*. Critical Care Medicine 2005, 33: 1371-1376. PMID: 15942358, DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000165558.83676.48.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICU interventionsOlder patientsModerate-severe dementiaPatient ageCode statusMortality rateChronic Health Evaluation II scoreOlder intensive care unit patientsProspective observational cohort studyIntensive care unit careIntensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalShort-term mortality rateBlessed Dementia Rating ScaleHigher Acute PhysiologyHospital mortality rateObservational cohort studyCare unit patientsMedical record abstractionShort-term outcomesUniversity Teaching HospitalDementia Rating ScaleImpact of dementiaAcute PhysiologyHospital length