A pilot study to test the feasibility of a nonpharmacologic intervention for the prevention of delirium in the medical intensive care unit

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 231-238

  Foster, Jan ^a   Kelly, Miranda ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Memorial Hermann the Woodlands   (United States)

Author keywords

delirium; intensive care; prevention

Indexed keywords

DELIRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

DELIRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883353280     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e3182a0b9f9     Document Type: Article

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