Delirium Screening in Aphasic Patients With the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC): A Prospective Cohort Study

Background: Ten to thirty percent of stroke patients suffer from post-stroke delirium. This leads to a longer hospital stay and increased mortality. Therefore, early detection and treatment are needed. All established delirium screening tools require some degree of language function. We sought to in...

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Main Authors: Christian Boßelmann, Jan Zurloh, Maria-Ioanna Stefanou, Vera Stadler, Yvonne Weber, Holger Lerche, Sven Poli, Ulf Ziemann, Annerose Mengel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.01198/full