Implications of objective vs subjective delirium assessment in surgical intensive care patients

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guenther, Ulf ^a   Weykam, Jan ^a   Andorfer, Ulrich ^a   Theuerkauf, Nils ^a   Popp, Julius ^b   Ely, E Wesley ^c   Putensen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; APACHE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84858031337     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2012735     Document Type: Article

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