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Monday, 28 January 2013

Delirium in the cardiovascular ICU

Delirium in the cardiovascular ICU: Exploring modifiable risk factors. Critical care medicine, Feb. 2013, Vol.  41(2), p.405-13.

McPherson, J.A., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2013/02000/Delirium_in_the_Cardiovascular_ICU___Exploring.5.aspx

Delirium, an acute organ dysfunction, is common among critically ill patients leading to significant morbidity and mortality; its epidemiology in a mixed cardiology and cardiac surgery ICU is not well established. We sought to determine the prevalence and risk factors for delirium among cardiac surgery ICU patients.




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