Delirium incidents in three danish intensive care units

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-192

  Svenningsen, Helle ^a   Tønnesen, Else ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; CAM ICU; Critical care; Delirium; ICU delirium; Intensive care; Nursing; Sedation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DELIRIUM; DENMARK; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053306654     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2011.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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