Occurrence of delirium is severely underestimated in the ICU during daily care

OBJECTIVE: Delirium is associated with prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay and higher mortality. Therefore, the recognition of delirium is important. We investigated whether intensivists and ICU nurses could clinically identify the presence of delirium in ICU patients during daily care. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Spronk, Peter E., Riekerk, Bea, Hofhuis, José, Rommes, Johannes H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19350214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1466-8

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