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Open ICU Visiting Reduced Delirium and Anxiety in Chronic Critical Patients

by GLOOM

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A 2026 retrospective ICU study found that 24-hour family visiting was associated with lower delirium in chronic critical patients than 1-hour restricted visiting: 11.36% vs. 25.76%.1 The same open-visiting group also had lower discharge HADS anxiety-depression scores, shorter ventilation, and no measurable worsening in sampled ICU air quality, but the time-based single-center design keeps the …

Excited Delirium Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

by GLOOM

Excited delirium is considered a relatively uncommon health condition characterized by severe agitation, aggression, distress, and is often fatal. In many cases of excited delirium, individuals will have displayed noticeable increases in body temperature (fever), utilized drugs that altered dopaminergic functioning, and exhibit overtly bizarre behavior. Although the condition is rare, those with excited delirium …