Nonpharmacological interventions to prevent delirium: an evidence-based systematic review

Ryan M Rivosecchi¹, Pamela L Smithburger¹, Susan Svec¹+2

• ¹Ryan M. Rivosecchi is a second-year pharmacy resident in critical care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Pamela L. Smithburger is an assistant professor of pharmacy and therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a clinical specialist in the medical intensive care unit at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital.Susan Svec is the clinical director of the medical intensive care unit, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital. She recently graduated from the master's of leadership and administration program at California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania.Shauna Campbell is the nursing director of the medical intensive care unit at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital.Sandra L. Kane-Gill is an associate professor of pharmacy and therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She has secondary appointments in the School of Medicine in the Clinical Translational Science Institute, Department of Critical Care Medicine, and the Department of Biomedical Informatics. She is also the critical care medication safety pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the Department of Pharmacy.+1