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ReviewDer Anaesthesist2008

[Postoperative delirium in the critically ill].

T-K Schmitt, F-G Pajonk

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Review in Der Anaesthesist, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Acute Confusional States in Hospital.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019
    Review
  3. Article
  4. [Dexmedetomidine].Der Anaesthesist · 2013
    Review
  5. Article
  6. [Delirium in the elderly].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2008
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

T-K SchmittKlinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstrabe 2, 86156, Augsburg. TKSchmitt@web.de
F-G Pajonk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute confusional states (delirium) occur in up to 80% of patients in the intensive care unit. Delirium is an important independent prognostic determinant of hospital outcome, including duration of mechanical ventilation, nursing home placement, functional decline and death. Additionally, it may herald systemic diseases such as sepsis and multi-organ failure. Recently, a number of new screening instruments have been validated for the monitoring of delirium in non-communicative patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Critical care patients should be routinely assessed for delirium and treated immediately using available preventive and therapeutic measures, both pharmacological and non-pharmacological, to improve the clinical course.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseCritical CareCritical IllnessDeliriumHumansNeurotransmitter AgentsPostoperative ComplicationsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRisk FactorsSepsisStress, PsychologicalTreatment OutcomeNeurotransmitter Agents

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Registered trials

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