J Korean Crit Care Nurs.  2017 Oct;10(3):31-40. 10.0000/jkccn.2017.10.3.31.

Risk Factors of Delirium Among the Patients at a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Affiliations
  • 1Nurse, Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Professor, Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea. pjyun@ulsan.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study examined the prevalence of delirium-related factors in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU).
METHODS
This retrospective study enrolled 73 patients who were admitted to an SICU from October 1, 2016 to March 20, 2017 and who had been hospitalized for more than 72 hours. Data was collected by reviewing electronic medical records.
RESULTS
Delirium occurred in 46 (63.0%) patients. Its related factors were age, education, mechanical ventilator, sleep, narcotics, physical restraint, and central line catheters.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that sleep and physical restraint are significant factors related to delirium occurrence. The results of this study can help in developing guidelines for the prevention of delirium.

Keyword

Delirium; Critical ill patient; Surgical intensive care unit; Sleep; Physical restraint

MeSH Terms

Catheters
Critical Care*
Delirium*
Education
Electronic Health Records
Humans
Narcotics
Prevalence
Restraint, Physical
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors*
Ventilators, Mechanical
Narcotics
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