Informed consent in the critically ill: A two-step approach incorporating delirium screening

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Fan, Eddy ^a   Shahid, Shabana ^b   Kondreddi, V Praveen ^b   Bienvenu, O Joseph ^c   Mendez Tellez, Pedro A ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Needham, Dale M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critical illness; Delirium; Informed consent; Intensive care units; Psychomotor agitation; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 37549050140     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000295308.29870.4F     Document Type: Article

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