Response to the letter to the Editor on "validity and reliability of the DDS for severity of delirium in the ICU" [2]

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-193

  Otter, Hilke ^a   Spies, Claudia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RELIABILITY; SEDATION; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33646941693     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:4:2:192     Document Type: Letter

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