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Nursing Delirium Screening Scale, a Tool for Early Detection of Delirium: Integrative Review

Aquichan; 20 (4), 2020
Objective: To analyze the context and use of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC) for early detection of delirium in adult patients, compiling the available evidence. Method: Searching for relevant articles on databases such as Cinahl, Medline, Ovid, Scopus, and Web of Science. Inclusion criter...

Assessment of delirium in children admitted into the Intensive Care Unit: psCAM-ICU Tool

Av. enferm; 38 (2), 2020
Abstract Background: Delirium has been identified as a risk factor for the mortality of critically ill patients, generating great social and economic impacts, since patients require more days of mechanical ventilation and a prolonged hospital stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), thus increasing medica...