Abstract
Objective:
To update and expand the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ICU.
DESIGN:
Prospective, two-group pre/post comparative design with data collection 4 months pre- and postintervention with a 4-month run-in period.
SETTING:
Twenty-two-bed neurologic ICU in a 1,200-bed urban, quaternary-care, academic hospital in Northeast Ohio.