Intensive care unit delirium is an independent predictor of longer hospital stay: a prospective analysis of 261 non-ventilated patients

INTRODUCTION: Delirium occurs in most ventilated patients and is independently associated with more deaths, longer stay, and higher cost. Guidelines recommend monitoring of delirium in all intensive care unit (ICU) patients, though few data exist in non-ventilated patients. The study objective was t...

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Autores principales: Thomason, Jason WW, Shintani, Ayumi, Peterson, Josh F, Pun, Brenda T, Jackson, James C, Ely, E Wesley
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1269454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16137350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3729

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