The Cost of ICU Delirium and Coma in the Intensive Care Unit Patient.

Vasilevskis EE, Chandrasekhar R, Holtze CH, Graves J, Speroff T, Girard TD, Patel MB, Hughes CG, Cao A, Pandharipande PP, Ely EW. The Cost of ICU Delirium and Coma in the Intensive Care Unit Patient. Medical care. 2018 Oct;56(56). 890-897. PMID: 30179988 [PubMed]

Abstract

Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is highly prevalent and a potentially avoidable hospital complication. The current cost of ICU delirium is unknown.