Delirium: patient safety event reporting and strategies to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Feil, Michelle, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Delirium -- diagnosis Delirium -- etiology Delirium -- prevention & control Delirium -- therapy Age Factors Aged Causality Comorbidity Hospitalization Patient safety Precipitating Factors Risk Factors Sex Factors Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has seen an increase in the number of delirium-associated patient safety events reported through the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System over the past decade, with 446 events reported from acute care facilities between January 2005 and December 2014. Of these, 14.3% (n = 64) were identified as Serious Events resulting in patient harm. Predisposing factors for delirium identified in the reports included age 65 or older, male gender, preexisting cognitive impairment, depression, and severe illness. Categories of potential precipitating risk factors for delirium identified in the reports were intercurrent illness or other physiologic cause, specific medications, environmental factors, and surgery or procedures requiring sedation. Evidence-based guidelines and risk reduction strategies are available to assist healthcare providers to diagnose, prevent, and treat delirium. Implementation of these guidelines and strategies has the potential to improve clinical outcomes and decrease harm for patients at risk for developing delirium.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101669426 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101669426