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Prediction Models for Delirium in Critically Ill Adults

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Delirium prevalence is high in the ICU but differs substantially based on underlying critical illness, specific vulnerabilities, and risk factors that are present. Given the deleterious effects of delirium in the critically ill and the ever-increasing number of preventative interventions that can be delivered to patients to reduce its occurrence, ICU delirium prediction models are indispensable tools for clinicians.

This chapter highlights the importance of delirium prediction in the ICU and the key steps when interpreting prediction model development, validation, and calibration efforts. Through a detailed review of existing delirium prediction models, particularly on how they should be interpreted and the potential limitations associated with their use, ICU clinicians and researchers will gain a better understanding on how to apply these models in practice and to evaluate their impact and areas for future research in this field.

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  1. Department Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Mark van den Boogaard

  2. School of Pharmacy Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

    John W. Devlin

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  1. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center and the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Christopher G. Hughes

  2. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center and the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Pratik P. Pandharipande

  3. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS), Center Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Tennessee Valley Veteran’s Affairs, Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, TN, USA

    E. Wesley Ely

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van den Boogaard, M., Devlin, J.W. (2020). Prediction Models for Delirium in Critically Ill Adults. In: Hughes, C., Pandharipande, P., Ely, E. (eds) Delirium. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25751-4_5

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