Comment on "validity and reliability of the DDS for severity of delirium in the ICU" [1]

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-191

  Girard, Timothy D ^a   Jackson, James C ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGITATION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646913941     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:4:2:190     Document Type: Letter

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