Publisher's Synopsis
"The prevalence rates of delirium range widely depending on the patient population and treatment setting. Delirium exacts a significant economic toll on individuals, their families, and society because of factors such as lengthy hospital stays, ICU admissions, rehospitalizations, and lost wages from work absenteeism. Both mortality and morbidity associated with delirium are substantial in many patient populations. Delirium has been linked to a host of deleterious outcomes and complications including more time spent on mechanical ventilation, increased odds of cognitive dysfunction, greater frailty and risk of falls, persistent functional decline, greater likelihood of discharge to long-term-care facilities rather than to home, increased risk of respiratory and neurological sequalae, and higher odds of difficult and extended extubation. Delirium can be a significant strain on patients and caregivers, due in part to subsequent psychosocia
