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Post‐call delirium
Author(s) -
Rush Raphael
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/medu.13076
Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , population , psychiatry , psychology , family medicine , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health
Although frequently diagnosed in hospital in‐patients, delirium is often recognised but under‐reported in the housestaff population. It is estimated that more than 90% of housestaff will experience regular episodes of post‐call delirium. This paper identifies diagnostic criteria and discusses approaches to treatment.