Management of psychiatric problems in critically ill patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-29

  Eisendrath, Stuart J ^a,b   Shim, J Jewel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burnout; Critical care; Delirium; Depression; Intensive care; Staff; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDAZOLAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; PAROXETINE; PROPOFOL; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AKATHISIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; BURNOUT; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; STRESS; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 30944462736     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.05.033     Document Type: Review

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