Long-term cognitive impairment after critical illness

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-186

  Fraser, Gilles L ^a   Riker, Richard R ^a   Coursin, Douglas C ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGITATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TREATMENT DURATION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SHOCK;

EID: 84892576131     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1313886     Document Type: Letter

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