Screening for Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessment
Pisani MA, Inouye SK, McNicoll L, Redlich CA. Screening for Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in Older Intensive Care Unit Patients: Use of Proxy Assessment. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2003, 51: 689-693. PMID: 12752846, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.00215.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical intensive care unitIntensive care unitCognitive impairmentOlder intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsUrban university teaching hospitalCross-sectional comparative studyBlessed Dementia Rating ScaleDirect patient assessmentPreexisting Cognitive ImpairmentCare unit patientsUniversity Teaching HospitalPatient care decisionsDementia Rating ScaleUnit patientsICU patientsCare unitPatient assessmentPhysician recognitionTeaching hospitalHigh prevalencePatientsInformant QuestionnaireCognitive declineProxy measure
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