Letter
Influence of prior sunlight exposure on ICU mortality - does delirium play a role?
departement of Intensive Care, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, P.O. Box 90153, 5200 ME's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Critical Care 2012, 16:462 doi:10.1186/cc11497
See related research by Castro et al., http://ccforum.com/content/16/4/R132
Published: 16 November 2012First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
With interest we read the article by Castro and colleagues exploring the relationship between sunlight exposure and ICU mortality [1]. Interestingly, less daylight exposure prior to ICU admission was associated with a reduction in ICU mortality. While the authors mention the influence of light on the development of delirium, it is also recognized that delirium is an independent risk factor for death [2-4]. However, the authors did not adjust for delirium.
