Fluctuations of consciousness after stroke: Associations with the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU) and potential undetected delirium.

Autor: Reznik ME; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America. Electronic address: michael_reznik@brown.edu., Daiello LA; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Thompson BB; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Wendell LC; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Mahta A; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Potter NS; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Yaghi S; Department of Neurology, New York Langone Health, United States of America., Levy MM; Department of Medicine, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Fehnel CR; Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States of America., Furie KL; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America., Jones RN; Department of Neurology, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Alpert Medical School, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of critical care [J Crit Care] 2020 Apr; Vol. 56, pp. 58-62. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.12.008
Abstrakt: Purpose: To examine associations between fluctuating consciousness and Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) assessments in stroke patients compared to non-neurological patients.
Materials and Methods: We linked all recorded CAM-ICU assessments with corresponding Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) measurements in patients with stroke or sepsis from a single-center ICU database. Fluctuating consciousness was defined by RASS variability using standard deviations (SD) over 24-h periods; regression analyses were performed to determine associations with RASS variability and CAM-ICU rating.
Results: We identified 16,509 paired daily summaries of CAM-ICU and RASS measurements in 546 stroke patients and 1586 sepsis patients. Stroke patients had higher odds of positive (OR 4.2, 95% CI 3.3-5.5) and "unable to assess" (UTA; OR 5.2, 95% CI 4.0-6.8) CAM-ICU ratings compared to sepsis patients, and CAM-ICU-positive and UTA assessment-days had higher RASS variability than CAM-ICU-negative assessment-days, especially in stroke patients. Based on model-implied associations of RASS variability (OR 2.0 per semi-IQR-difference in RASS-SD, 95% CI 1.7-2.2) and stroke diagnosis (OR 2.7, 95% CI 2.0-3.7) with CAM-ICU-positive assessments, over one-third of probable delirium cases among stroke patients were potentially missed by the CAM-ICU.
Conclusions: Post-stroke delirium may frequently go undetected by the CAM-ICU, even in the setting of fluctuating consciousness.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None declared.
(Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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