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Patients were excluded if they received any antipsychotics prior to hospital admission or had a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) scores of -4 or -5 at the time of CAM-ICU assessment. The primary outcome was duration of delirium. The secondary outcomes included ICU length of stay (LOS), hospital LOS, overall mortality, occurrence of adverse events (AEs), and whether antipsychotics were continued at hospital discharge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 84 patients were included, of these 45 and 39 received monotherapy and combination therapy, respectively. Median Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores were significantly higher in the monotherapy group (18 vs 13,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.006). Median duration of delirium was not significantly different between the monotherapy and combination therapy groups (8 vs 8 days,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.932). Median ICU and hospital LOS, and occurrence of AEs were not significantly different. A significant difference in mortality was found between monotherapy and combination therapy (31% vs 10%,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.02). Antipsychotics were continued at hospital discharge in 64% of the monotherapy and in 44% of the combination therapy group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion and Relevance:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In patients with ICU delirium, there was no difference in duration of delirium among patients receiving monotherapy compared with combination therapy with antipsychotics, though they may be sicker and have a higher mortality. Patients commonly remain on antipsychotics at hospital discharge, the implications of which warrant further study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10600280251322199","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,6]],"date-time":"2025-05-06T03:11:17Z","timestamp":1746501077000},"page":"5-14","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Comparison of Monotherapy and Combination Therapy With Antipsychotic Medications for Intensive Care Unit Delirium: A Retrospective Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"60","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-4281-8132","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anh","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Justin","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Timothy","family":"Allison-Aipa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Albini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/CCM.0b013e3182783b72"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","volume-title":"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV","author":"American Psychiatric Association","year":"2000","unstructured":"American Psychiatric Association. 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