Catatonia in the ICU: An important and underdiagnosed cause of altered mental status. A case series and review of the literature

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Saddawi Konefka, Daniel ^a   Berg, Sheri M ^a   Nejad, Shamim H ^b   Bittner, Edward A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Psychiatry Consultation Service   (United States)

Author keywords

antipsychotic agents; benzodiazepines; catatonia; critical care; delirium; dopamine antagonists; encephalopathy; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATATONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894435671     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000053     Document Type: Review

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