Refractory agitation as a marker for pediatric delirium in very young infants at a pediatric intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1982-1983

  Schieveld, Jan N ^a   Staal, Marian ^a   Voogd, Laurens ^a   Fincken, Jeanne ^a   Vos, Gijs ^b   Van Os, Jim ^b  

^a European Graduate School of Neuroscience Maastricht   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIMEMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; PROMETHAZINE;

AGITATION; CHILD; DELIRIUM; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 78650418924     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1989-z     Document Type: Letter

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