Perspective: Less pharmacotherapy is more in delirium.

Less pharmacotherapy is more in delirium – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)

Related:

Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of delirium in critically ill adults – Cochrane Library

Non‐pharmacological interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non‐ICU patients – Cochrane Library

Delirium in critical illness: clinical manifestations, outcomes, and management – Intensive Care Medicine

Distribution of delirium motor subtypes in the intensive care unit: a systematic scoping review – Critical Care

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in critically ill patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine

Effectiveness of Bundle Interventions on ICU Delirium: A Meta-Analysis – Critical Care Medicine

Commentary on Twitter

⬇️ ?Less medications (& ⬆️ awareness of behavioural interventions) is more in #delirium, common, challenging/costly (but often preventable) in #ICU. Despite lacking evidence, medications widely used.
Prevent/minimize addressing suspected contributors!
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— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 30, 2022