Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42788020›Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in aging neuroscience2026

Inflammation and delirium in critically Ill patients: a review.

Liang Li, Xiaoli Wang, Jialin Liu

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

3 authors.

Liang LiDepartment of Geriatrics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoli WangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jialin LiuDepartment of Geriatrics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The high prevalence and adverse impact of delirium in critically ill patients necessitate a deeper understanding of its mechanisms. This review explores the pivotal interplay between systemic inflammation and delirium, examining how insults like age, pain and surgery orchestrate neuroinflammation and delirium through microglial activation and blood-brain barrier disruption. Our synthesis identifies a spectrum of inflammatory and neuronal injury biomarkers with prognostic value and evaluates the burgeoning field of anti-inflammatory pharmacotherapy. We conclude that bridging this mechanistic knowledge to clinical practice via biomarker-driven trials is essential for developing effective interventions against delirium.

Indexed as

anti-inflammatory therapybiomarkerscritically ill patientsdeliriuminflammationinflammatory biomarkersneuroinflammationtreatment

Identifiers

PMID42788020
PMCPMC13602946

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.