Intensive Care Unit Delirium: A Review of Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment

Anesthesiology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1229-1241

  Hayhurst, Christina J ^a   Pandharipande, Pratik P ^a   Hughes, Christopher G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; MIDAZOLAM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RIVASTIGMINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DELIRIUM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LUNG MECHANICS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SLEEP; INTENSIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

CRITICAL CARE; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84991491427     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001378     Document Type: Review

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