Long-term outcomes of intensive care unit delirium.
2023
Antonio Paulo Nassar, and
Eugene Wesley Ely, and
Kirsten M Fiest
Department of Critical Care, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Rua Professor Antonio Prudente, 211, 6th Floor, Intensive Care Unit, São Paulo, SP, CEP 01509-0100, Brazil. paulo.nassar@accamargo.org.br.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007362
Intensive Care Units
Hospital units providing continuous surveillance and care to acutely ill patients.
ICU Intensive Care Units,Intensive Care Unit,Unit, Intensive Care
D003422
Critical Care
Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.
Intensive Care,Intensive Care, Surgical,Surgical Intensive Care,Care, Critical,Care, Intensive,Care, Surgical Intensive
D003693
Delirium
A disorder characterized by CONFUSION; inattentiveness; disorientation; ILLUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity. It may result from toxic/metabolic conditions or structural brain lesions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp411-2)