Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Ten Important Points of Understanding

IntroductIon Delirium is a significant independent indicator of poor prognoses for critically ill patients (including in‐hospital mortality, prolonged hospitalization, increased medical costs, and long‐term cognitive impairment). Intensive care medicine experts have been paying attention to and carried out research on delirium for better prediction, prevention, management, and treatment, and even better prognosis of patients in critical condition. Based on the latest findings of theoretical research and in combination with clinical experience, literature on delirium has been reviewed and ten points of basic understanding of delirium in critically ill patients have been identified.