Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

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“…On basis of diagnosis the patient was discontinued with the suspected drug and given 5 mg of haloperidol intramuscularly. Haloperidol, 0.5-2.0 mg, 1 to 4 times daily, has been accepted as the treatment of choice 12 . The use of haloperidol may result in extra-pyramidal symptoms -rigidity in both upper limb and lower limbs and oromandibular dystonia (difficulty in opening/closing of mouth and protrusion of tongue).…”

Delirium in Critically ill Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre in Western Region of Nepal

“…1 Many different terms have been used to describe this syndrome including Intensive Care Unit (ICU) psychosis, acute confusional state, acute brain failure and encephalopathy. 2,3 Delirium has been reported to occur in 20-80% of patients in medical and surgical ICU setting. [4][5][6][7][8][9] It is associated with various adverse outcomes including self extubation, removal of catheter, 6 prolonged hospital stay, 10 increased mortality, 4,11,12 increased health care cost, 13 and long term cognitive impairment.…”

Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: A Narrative Review of Published Assessment Tools and the Relationship between ICU Delirium and Clinical Outcomes

“…[1][2][3] More than 25 terms are used in the literature to refer to delirium, such as ICU psychosis, encephalopathy of critical illness and toxic confusional state, and this has lead to much confusion. All acute disturbances of global cognitive functioning are now recognised as 'delirium', a consensus supported by both the ICD-10 4 and DSM-IV 5 classification systems used in psychiatry.…”