The impact of delirium on the prediction of in-hospital mortality in intensive care patients

Introduction: predictive models, such as acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE-II), are widely used in intensive care units (ICUs) to estimate mortality. Although the presence of delirium is associated with a higher mortality in ICU patients, delirium is not part of the APACHE-II...

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Main Authors: Van den Boogaard, M. (Author), Peters, Sanne A.E (Author), van der Hoeven, Johannes G. (Author), Dagnelie, Pieter C. (Author), Leffers, Pieter (Author), Pickkers, Peter (Author), Schoonhoven, Lisette (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2010-08-03.
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