All this confusion is killin me

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2413-2415

  Joffe, Aaron ^a   Coursin, Douglas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; delirium; ICU; length of stay; mortality

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFUSION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP SEDATION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEDATION;

EID: 78650411720     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181fa0590     Document Type: Editorial

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