The search for the holy grail: Diagnosing delirium in the intensive care unit

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 214-215

  Shehabi, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857093553     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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