ArticleNeurology2022
Delirium in Adults With COVID-19-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Comparison With Other Etiologies.
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- Neuroleptics used in critical COVID associated with moderate-severe dyspnea after hospital discharge.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Delirium and Coronavirus Disease 2019: Looking Back, Moving Forward.Critical care nursing clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Incidence of Delirium in ICU Patients With and Without COVID-19 in a Costa Rican Hospital.Cureus · 2024Article
- Clinical adverse events to dexmedetomidine: a real-world drug safety study based on the FAERS database.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- [COVID-19: Neurological manifestations and complications during the acute phase of the disease].Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine · 2023Review
- COVID-19 delirium and encephalopathy: Pathophysiology assumed in the first 3 years of the ongoing pandemic.Brain disorders (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
- Delirium in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Predictors and implications for patient outcome.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesNeurologic complications have been associated with COVID-19, including delirium. Such complications have been reported to be frequent among intensive care unit (ICU)-admitted patients. We hypothesized that the rate of neurologic complications would be higher in COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) than those who develop ARDS from a different cause.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study in the adult ICU of Lausanne University Hospital, including all consecutive patients fulfilling the Berlin criteria for ARDS hospitalized between December 2017 and June 2021, stratifying exposure between COVID-19 or not. The primary outcome was delirium onset during ICU stay, defined by the confusion assessment method (CAM-ICU). Exploratory outcomes included development of neurologic complications of the central nervous system (stroke, hemorrhage, and vasculitis), critical illness weakness, and 30- and 180-day all-cause mortality.
resultsThree hundred eleven patients were included in the study (253 with COVID-19 and 58 with other causes) and CAM-ICU could be assessed in 231 (74.3% in COVID-19 vs 74.1% in non-COVID-19). The proportion of patients developing delirium was similar in patients with COVID-19 and controls in univariate comparison (69.1% vs 60.5%, DISCUSSION: Compared with other etiologies, patients with COVID-19 did not have higher incidence of delirium and other neurologic complications, after accounting for underlying disease severity in patients with ARDS. Management of COVID-19-associated ARDS needed longer invasive ventilation and higher sedation, which could explain higher rates of delirium in uncontrolled studies.
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