Delirium and sedation in the ICU

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-474

  Frontera, Jennifer A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confusion; Delirium; ICU; Intensive care; Neurocritical care; Sedation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGE; AGITATION; AKATHISIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTENTION; BREATHING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROCRITICAL CARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; VERBAL MEMORY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DELIRIUM; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79955804440     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9520-0     Document Type: Review

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