A new study out of Montefiore Medical Center has yielded interesting insights into the association between the amount of time spent in neurocognitive distress and adverse discharge among mechanically ventilated adults in the ICU.
Researchers found that high levels of agitation, anxiety and pain in this patient group were not associated with discharge to a nursing home, leading them to conclude that these postoperative factors should be treated with symptom control instead of sedation, which they