ICU Delirium: a One-week Snapshot of Burden Across the Eastern UK Region

ICU delirium negatively impacts on patient outcomes, as well as on resources and clinical workflow of the ICU. Effective healthcare resource planning requires reliable (i.e., multicentre) data that can inform on both of these. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of ICU delirium in terms of both patients and beds. The study was carried out prospectively, over a one-week period, at adult ICUs comprising the Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire Critical Care Network (NSC CCN).