November 24, 2014Open Access

The attributable mortality of delirium in critically ill patients: prospective cohort study

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Overall, delirium prolongs admission in the intensive care unit but does not cause death in critically ill patients. Future studies should focus on episodes of persistent delirium and its long term sequelae rather than on acute mortality.Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01905033.

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Klouwenberg et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8136b05ee2ba81dbeeee3 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6652

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