Risk and clinical-outcome indicators of delirium in an emergency department intermediate care unit (EDIMCU): An observational prospective study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mariz, José ^a,b,c,d   Santos, Nadine Correia ^a,b,c   Afonso, Hugo ^a   Rodrigues, Pedro ^d   Faria, António ^d   Sousa, Nuno ^a,b,c   Teixeira, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c Clinical Academic Center Braga   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Confusion assessment method; Delirium; Emergency department; High dependency units; Intermediate care units; Length of stay; Osmolarity; Short stay units

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OSMOLARITY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UREA;

EID: 84872962280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-2     Document Type: Article

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