Sedation level and prevalence of delirium: Response to Brummel and Ely

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-

  Haenggi, Matthias ^a   Jakob, Stephan M ^a   Takala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DSM-5; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONSCIOUSNESS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE;

EID: 84891026047     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3092-8     Document Type: Letter

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