Agitation in the critically ill patient: A marker of health or a plea for treatment?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 263-265

  Schweickert, William ^a   Hall, Jesse B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGITATION; AROUSAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; HALOPERIDOL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 12244309506     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000150751.31075.AB     Document Type: Editorial

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