The future of intensive care: delirium should no longer be an issue

Abstract In the ideal intensive care unit (ICU) of the future, all patients are free from delirium, a syndrome of brain dysfunction frequently observed in critical illness and associated with worse ICU-related outcomes and long-term cognitive impairment. Although screening for delirium requires limi...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Kotfis, Irene van Diem-Zaal, Shawniqua Williams Roberson, Marek Sietnicki, Mark van den Boogaard, Yahya Shehabi, E. Wesley Ely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04077-y