Positive Stimulation for Medically Sedated Patients : A Music Therapy Intervention to Treat Sedation-Related Delirium in Critical Care

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Sedation is an essential component of treatment for some patients admitted to the ICU, but it carries a risk of sedation-related delirium. Sedation-related delirium is associated with higher mortality and increased length of stay, but pharmacologic treatments for delirium can lead to oversedation or other adverse effects. Therefore, nonpharmacologic treatments are recommended in the literature; however, these recommendations are quite general and do not provide structured interventions. To establish a structured nonpharmacologic intervention that could improve indications of delirium after sedation, we combined evidence-based interventions including recordings of sensory-rich stories told by the patient's family and patient-specific music into our novel positive stimulation for medically sedated patients (PSMSP) protocol. The positive listening stimulation playlist organized by a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC) within the PSMSP protocol can be used in carefully monitored sessions with the MT-BC potentially to decrease agitation and stabilize arousal, as well as being played by nursing staff throughout the patient's recovery from sedation. Further controlled studies will be necessary, but the PSMSP protocol has the potential to reduce agitation and increase arousal during listening, as highlighted by the case of a patient recovering from sedation during treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia. It is important for the entire critical care team to be aware of nonpharmacologic treatments like PSMSP that are available for delirium mitigation so that, where applicable, these therapies can be incorporated into the patient's treatment regimen.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:162

Enthalten in:

Chest - 162(2022), 2 vom: 15. Aug., Seite 367-374

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Head, John [VerfasserIn]
Gray, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Masud, Faisal [VerfasserIn]
Townsend, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Delirium
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Journal Article
Music therapy
Nonpharmacologic
Review
Sedation
Weaning

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Date Completed 10.08.2022

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337081697