ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Delirium Severity Trajectories in Critically Ill Adults Using the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist: A Population-Based Cohort
Authors' conclusion
The current study substantiates the proof-of-concept model of five delirium severity trajectories. Trajectory membership did not predict 30-day post-discharge mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Adults (≥ 18 yr) with ICU LOS ≥ 24 hours and Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) score indicating delirium (≥ 4), 14 medical-surgical ICUs in Alberta, Canada, 2014–2019
- Participants
- 21,071 adults
- Exposure
- Delirium severity trajectories over 7 days
- Outcome
- Trajectory membership (five-trajectory model)
- Follow-up
- 7-day period
Methodological detailspopulation-based, multicentre, group-based trajectory modeling
- Population-based
- Multicentre
- Group-based trajectory modeling
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
30-day mortality (whole cohort)
- Died at 30 days
- 541 (3%)
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Original publication
Delirium Severity Trajectories in Critically Ill Adults Using the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist: A Population-Based Cohort. Crit Care Med. Published 26 June 2025. doi:10.
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