The long-lasting damage of delirium: Another burden to intensive care unit survivors

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 319-320

  Bigatello, Luca M ^a   Citerio, Giuseppe ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGITATION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUTOMUTILATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEMORY DISORDER; MORTALITY; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESSNESS; SENSORY SYSTEM; STRESS; SURVIVOR; VENTILATOR; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84055199070     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232d2cc     Document Type: Editorial

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