Delirium in the critical care patient: What the professional staff needs to know

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-213

  Litton, Kimberley A ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute confusion; Anxiety; Assessment tools; Critical care; Delirium; Delirium tremens

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CYCLIZINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DISOPYRAMIDE PHOSPHATE; DOXEPIN; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYZINE; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; IMIPRAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; OXAZEPAM; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE; PROMETHAZINE; RANITIDINE; THIORIDAZINE; TRIAZOLAM; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NURSING; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042171852     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200307000-00005     Document Type: Review

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