Delirium in an intensive care unit: A study of risk factors

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1297-1304

  Dubois, Marc Jacques ^a   Bergeron, Nicolas ^a   Dumont, Marc ^b   Dial, Sandra ^c   Skrobik, Yoanna ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b COREV ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agitation; Critical care; Delirium; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Morbidity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034891470     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340101017     Document Type: Article

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