The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1892-1900

  Ely, E ^a   Gautam, S ^a   Margolin, R ^b   Francis, J ^c   May, L ^a   Speroff, T ^a   Truman, B ^a   Dittus, R ^a   Bernard, G ^a   Inouye, S ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Analgesics; Cognitive impairment; Critical care; Delirium; Encephalopathy; Geriatrics; Mechanical ventilation; Protocol; Respiratory diseases; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035210918     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-001-1132-2     Document Type: Article

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