Delirium monitoring in the ICU: Strategies for initiating and sustaining screening efforts

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-188

  Pun, Brendat ^a   Devlin, Johnw ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; CAM ICU; critical care; delirium; education; ICDSC; implementation; intensive care unit; recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE DELIRIUM SCREENING CHECKLIST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84878405836     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1342972     Document Type: Article

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