Open AccessDelirium in medical intensive care units: Incidence, subtypes, risk factors, and outcome
Author(s) -
Ayush Kumar Jayaswal,
Harshavardhan Sampath,
Geeta Soohinda,
Sanjiba Dutta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_583_18
Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , mechanical ventilation , intensive care , sedation , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , anesthesia , physics , optics
Delirium is a frequent yet underdiagnosed neuropsychiatric condition encountered in intensive care units (ICUs). Being both a preventable and potentially reversible process associated with significant morbidity and mortality, understanding risk factors that predispose and precipitate delirium in any given patient are critical in ICUs.