CAM-ICU and ICDSC agreement in medical and surgical ICU patients is influenced by disease severity.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Delirium is a prevalent condition in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) associated with worse outcomes. The principal aim of the present study was compare the agreement between two tools for delirium assessment in medical and surgical patients admitted t...

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Main Authors: Jorge Alberto de Oliveira Fagundes, Cristiane Damiani Tomasi, Vinicius Rene Giombelli, Sarah Cascaes Alves, Roberta Candal de Macedo, Maria Fernanda Locks Topanotti, Maria de Lourdes Ugioni Bristot, Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Márcio Soares, Jorge Salluh, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Cristiane Ritter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23226448/pdf/?tool=EBI