Delirium: The struggle to vanquish an ancient foe

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 693-694

  Young, Christopher C ^a   Flanagan, Ellen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic medication; Assessment; Delirium; Subsyndromal delirium; Surgical intensive care

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 74949099279     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181bc7d26     Document Type: Editorial

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