ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Failure to reintroduce home medication in critically ill patients
Authors' conclusion
Nearly half of home medications were discontinued at ICU discharge, with nearly a quarter not properly reintroduced on ward transfer, posing unnecessary risks.
Study context
- Population
- ICU patients (stay ≥48 h, survived to ICU discharge, using home medication) in a large Dutch teaching hospital, Aug 2021–Sep 2022
- Participants
- 200 patients
- Outcome
- Discrepancies between home medication before admission and at ICU discharge (home medications not reintroduced)
- Follow-up
- ICU discharge
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Home medications not reintroduced at ICU discharge
Home medications not reintroduced
46.7 %
535/1003
Home medications incorrectly not reintroduced
22.4 %
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Home medications not reintroduced at hospital discharge
%
- Home medications not reintroduced
- 12.1 (106/876)
- Home medications incorrectly not reintroduced
- 14.2
Original publication
Failure to reintroduce home medication in critically ill patients. J Crit Care. Published 8 March 2025. doi:10.
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