Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Delirium, a patient testimony
- 1 What is delirium in critical care?
- 2 How common is delirium in critical care?
- 3 What does delirium look like in critical care?
- 4 Delirium in critical care: how does it happen?
- 5 Delirium: what causes it? Risk factors
- 6 Delirium in critical care: why is it important?
- 7 Delirium in critical care: how do we diagnose it?
- 8 How to prevent delirium?
- 9 Treatment of delirium in critical care
- 10 Mental capacity and restraints
- 11 End-of-life care
- 12 What is the future?
- Selected references
- Index
- References
Selected references
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Delirium, a patient testimony
- 1 What is delirium in critical care?
- 2 How common is delirium in critical care?
- 3 What does delirium look like in critical care?
- 4 Delirium in critical care: how does it happen?
- 5 Delirium: what causes it? Risk factors
- 6 Delirium in critical care: why is it important?
- 7 Delirium in critical care: how do we diagnose it?
- 8 How to prevent delirium?
- 9 Treatment of delirium in critical care
- 10 Mental capacity and restraints
- 11 End-of-life care
- 12 What is the future?
- Selected references
- Index
- References
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- Delirium in Critical Care , pp. 208 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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