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Antipsychotic use and diagnosis of delirium in the intensive care unit

INTRODUCTION: Delirium is an independent risk factor for prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) and increased mortality. Several antipsychotics have been studied for the treatment of intensive care unit (ICU) delirium that has led to a high variability in prescribing patterns for these medications....

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Autores principales: Swan, Joshua T, Fitousis, Kalliopi, Hall, Jeffrey B, Todd, S Rob, Turner, Krista L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22591601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11342