Detection, Prevention, and Management of Delirium in the Critically Ill Cardiac Patient and Patients Who Undergo Cardiac Procedures

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 80-87

  Arora, Rakesh C ^a,b   Djaiani, George ^c   Rudolph, James L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; AWARENESS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEDATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART DISEASES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 85006957565     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.08.020     Document Type: Review

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