Risk factors for agitation in critically ill patients

Thiago Miranda Lopes de Almeida, Luciano Cesar Pontes de Azevedo, Paulo Maurício Garcia Nosé, Flavio Geraldo Resende de Freitas, Flávia Ribeiro Machado, Thiago Miranda Lopes de Almeida, Luciano Cesar Pontes de Azevedo, Paulo Maurício Garcia Nosé, Flavio Geraldo Resende de Freitas, Flávia Ribeiro Machado

Abstract

Objective:: To evaluate the incidence of agitation in the first 7 days after intensive care unit admission, its risk factors and its associations with clinical outcomes.

Methods:: This single-center prospective cohort study included all patients older than 18 years with a predicted stay > 48 hours within the first 24 hours of intensive care unit admission. Agitation was defined as a Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale score ≥ +2, an episode of agitation or the use of a specific medication recorded in patient charts.

Results:: Agitation occurred in 31.8% of the 113 patients. Multivariate analysis showed that delirium [OR = 24.14; CI95% 5.15 - 113.14; p < 0.001], moderate or severe pain [OR = 5.74; CI95% 1.73 - 19.10; p = 0.004], mechanical ventilation [OR = 10.14; CI95% 2.93 - 35.10; p < 0.001], and smoking habits [OR = 4.49; CI95% 1.33 - 15.17; p = 0.015] were independent factors for agitation, while hyperlactatemia was associated with a lower risk [OR = 0.169; CI95% 0.04 - 0.77; p = 0.021]. Agitated patients had fewer mechanical ventilation-free days at day 7 (p = 0.003).

Conclusion:: The incidence of agitation in the first 7 days after admission to the intensive care unit was high. Delirium, moderate/severe pain, mechanical ventilation, and smoking habits were independent risk factors. Agitated patients had fewer ventilator-free days in the first 7 days.

Conflict of interest statement

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Enrollment flowchart. ICU - intensive care unit.

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