TY - JOUR
T1 - Dexmedetomidine for the prevention of delirium in critically ill patients - A protocol for a systematic review
AU - Maagaard, Mathias
AU - Barbateskovic, Marija
AU - Perner, Anders
AU - Jakobsen, Janus Christian
AU - Wetterslev, Jørn
N1 - © 2019 The Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - BACKGROUND: Delirium is a common complication in critically ill patients and carries an increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Dexmedetomidine can potentially prevent delirium by diminishing predisposing factors. The evidence regarding the use of dexmedetomidine in preventing delirium is conflicting. This protocol aims to identify the beneficial and harmful effects of dexmedetomidine in the prevention of delirium.METHODS: This protocol uses the recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration, the Preferred Report Items of Systematic Reviews with Meta-Analysis Protocols, and the eight-step assessment procedure suggested by Jakobsen and colleagues. We wish to assess in critically ill patients, if dexmedetomidine versus placebo can reduce the incidence of delirium and improve clinical outcomes. We will include all randomised trials assessing the use of dexmedetomidine in the prevention of delirium. To identify trials, we will search the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Excerpta Medica database, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Science Citation Index Expanded on Web of Science, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Science Journal Database, and BIOSIS. Two authors will screen the literature and extract data. We will use the Cochrane risk of bias tool to evaluate trials. Extracted data will be analysed using Review Manager 5 and Trial Sequential Analysis. We will create a "Summary of Findings"-table in which we will present our primary and secondary outcomes. We will assess the quality of evidence using GRADE.DISCUSSION: This systematic review can potentially aid clinicians in decision-making and benefit the many critically ill patients at risk of delirium.
AB - BACKGROUND: Delirium is a common complication in critically ill patients and carries an increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Dexmedetomidine can potentially prevent delirium by diminishing predisposing factors. The evidence regarding the use of dexmedetomidine in preventing delirium is conflicting. This protocol aims to identify the beneficial and harmful effects of dexmedetomidine in the prevention of delirium.METHODS: This protocol uses the recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration, the Preferred Report Items of Systematic Reviews with Meta-Analysis Protocols, and the eight-step assessment procedure suggested by Jakobsen and colleagues. We wish to assess in critically ill patients, if dexmedetomidine versus placebo can reduce the incidence of delirium and improve clinical outcomes. We will include all randomised trials assessing the use of dexmedetomidine in the prevention of delirium. To identify trials, we will search the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Excerpta Medica database, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, Science Citation Index Expanded on Web of Science, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Science Journal Database, and BIOSIS. Two authors will screen the literature and extract data. We will use the Cochrane risk of bias tool to evaluate trials. Extracted data will be analysed using Review Manager 5 and Trial Sequential Analysis. We will create a "Summary of Findings"-table in which we will present our primary and secondary outcomes. We will assess the quality of evidence using GRADE.DISCUSSION: This systematic review can potentially aid clinicians in decision-making and benefit the many critically ill patients at risk of delirium.
KW - Critical Illness
KW - Delirium/etiology
KW - Dexmedetomidine/therapeutic use
KW - Humans
KW - Hypnotics and Sedatives/therapeutic use
KW - Meta-Analysis as Topic
KW - Research Design
KW - Systematic Reviews as Topic
U2 - 10.1111/aas.13313
DO - 10.1111/aas.13313
M3 - Review
C2 - 30671925
SN - 0001-5172
VL - 63
SP - 540
EP - 548
JO - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
IS - 4
ER -