Delirium in Critically Ill Children
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Delirium in critically ill patients
Delirium in the intensive care unit is a serious problem that has recently attracted much attention. User-friendly and reliable tools, such as the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU), offer the clinician the opportunity to identify delirium in patients better. Diagnosis of delirium in a critical care population is often a difficult task because classical psychiatri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0090-3493
DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000002250