Delirium and mortality risk prediction: A story in evolution

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^a,b   Han, Jin H ^a,b   Shintani, Ayumi ^a,b   Girard, Timothy D ^a,b   Ely, E Wesley ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

APACHE; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958603363     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9282     Document Type: Letter

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