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Available online /supplements/5/SA Meeting abstracts Selected abstracts from the Autumn Scientific Meeting of the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists 3 November 2000, Windermere, UK Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists Critical Care 2001, 5(Suppl A):1–7 The publication of these abstracts was made possible by an © 2001 BioMed Central Ltd unrestricted educational grant from Bayer Biological Group (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X) Illusions and ‘delusions’ in cardiac surgical patients after prolonged intensive care unit stay O Allenby-Smith, JMT Pierce Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK Introduction: A follow up after discharge from intensive care 60% of which involved members of staff. The mean number of unit (ICU) [1] revealed that vivid ‘dreams’ occur in 32% of ‘normal’ events remembered in the ICU was significantly higher patients. Although it is questionable whether these are dreams in group D (P 0.001). Sepsis and midazolam usage were in the true sense, there is no doubting their impact on the suf- more common in group D (odds ratios 3.6, 95% confidence ferer, as has been described by anecdotal and published interval 1.7–7.3 for sepsis; odds ratio 2.9, 95% confidence accounts [2]. Aetiological factors are unknown. We undertook interval 1.3–6.2 for midazolam). The development of new neu- a study of a relatively homogeneous population who had under- rological signs while in the ICU protected against dreams gone cardiac surgery in order to identify the incidence of (odds ratio 0.3, 95% confidence interval 0.1–0.7). Flashbacks ‘dreams’, to identify possibly causative factors