Characteristics Associated With Delirium in Older Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Van Ness PH, Araujo KL, Inouye SK. Characteristics Associated With Delirium in Older Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit. JAMA Internal Medicine 2007, 167: 1629-1634. PMID: 17698685, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.15.1629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission risk factorsMedical record reviewIntensive care unitICU admissionRisk factorsOlder patientsRecord reviewCare unitMedical intensive care unitUrban university teaching hospitalOlder ICU patientsReceipt of benzodiazepinesConfusion Assessment MethodPatients 60 yearsProspective cohort studyLower arterial pHUniversity Teaching HospitalMain outcome measuresMultivariate logistic regressionDelirium durationICU deliriumCohort studyCreatinine levelsICU patientsArterial pH