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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Jun 2012
ReviewDelirium: a review of the nurses role in the intensive care unit.
- Rebecca Boot.
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Critical Care Area D, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom. daisyboot@hotmail.com
- Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2012 Jun 1;28(3):185-9.
AimThis article aims to review current literature into the use of assessment tools for the diagnosis of delirium and the implications of care for the patient with delirium.BackgroundDelirium is a common often misdiagnosed, unrecognised and misunderstood condition in the critical care setting that has been associated with increased mortality and cognitive dysfunction.Relevance To Clinical PracticeDelirium has implications for increasing cost to the National Health Service as it is linked to prolonged ventilation and the associated risks and increased hospital stay.ConclusionNurses play a key role in identification of delirium using CAM-ICU, a valid and reliable tool and identifying modifiable risks to improve the delirious ICU patient's outcome.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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