Severity of delirium in the ICU is associated with short term cognitive impairment

Severity of delirium in the ICU is associated with short term cognitive impairment. A prospective cohort study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, May 2015 [in press]

Sakuramoto, H. et al.

http://www.intensivecriticalcarenursing.com/article/S0964-3397(15)00002-6/abstract?rss=yes

To examine the hypothesis that severity of delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) is positively associated with cognitive impairment at the time of hospital discharge.