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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 April 2015
      12 March 2015
      ISBN:
      9781139924184
      9781107433656
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139924184
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (186 x 123 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.27kg, 256 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Management, Medicine
      Series:
      Core Critical Care
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    Subjects:
    Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Management, Medicine
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    Book description

    The fully updated second edition of this popular handbook concisely summarises all current knowledge about delirium in critically ill patients and describes simple tools the bedside clinician can use to prevent, diagnose and manage delirium. Chapters discuss new developments in assessing risk and diagnosis, crucial discoveries regarding delirium and long-term cognitive outcomes, and dangers of sedation and death. Updated management advice reflects new evidence about antipsychotics and delirium. This book explains how to minimise the risks of delirium, drugs to avoid, drugs to use and when to use them, as well as current theories regarding pathophysiology, different motoric subtypes leading to missed diagnosis, and the adverse impact of delirium on patient outcomes. While there are still unanswered questions, this edition contains all the available answers. Illustrated with real-life case reports, Delirium in Critical Care is essential reading for trainees, consultants and nurses in the ICU and emergency department.

    Reviews

    'Delirium in Critical Care is full of important information and relevant data, and the authors and the series editor should be congratulated on this excellent updated edition, an essential source of knowledge for perioperative and intensive care teams.'

    G. Kunst Source: British Journal of Anesthesia

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    Contents

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    References

    Selected references

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    2. Inouye SK et al. Nurse recognition of delirium and its symptoms: comparison of nurse and researcher ratings. Archives of Internal Medicine 2001; 161: 2467–73.
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    13. Reddy S et al. Opioids masquerading as delirium in a patient with cancer pain and obstructive sleep apnea. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2008; 11: 1043–5.

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