Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
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Rev Bras Ter Intensiva · Mar 2018
Assessment of delirium using the PRE-DELIRIC model in an intensive care unit in Argentina.
To describe the incidence of and risk factors for delirium in the intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Argentina and to conduct the first non-European study exploring the performance of the PREdiction of DELIRium in ICu patients (PRE-DELIRIC) model. ⋯ The observed incidence of delirium highlights the importance of this problem in the intensive care unit setting. In this first study conducted outside Europe, PRE-DELIRIC accurately predicted the development of delirium.