Papers/PMID:38518134
Preventive Effects of Melatonin on Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Alternative therapies in health and medicine2024The record
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melatonin — decreases incidence of ICU delirium
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“The subgroup analyses confirmed that melatonin significantly reduced the incidence of delirium (RR 0.70; 95% CI, 0.56~0.89, P = .003, I2 = 32%, P for heterogeneity = .22) for the special ICU patients.”
Quoted verbatim from Preventive Effects of Melatonin on Delirium in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- ICU patients; subgroup analysis restricted to 'special ICU patients' (undefined further in the abstract)
Effect 0.7 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.89
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