Delirium Acute Brain Dysfunction in the Critically Ill
This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of acute brain dysfunction in the critically ill. The book covers the basic pathophysiology of delirium, epidemiology, risk factors, outcomes associated with delirium, prevention and treatment
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Delirium
Christopher G. Hughes • Pratik P. Pandharipande E. Wesley Ely Editors
Delirium Acute Brain Dysfunction in the Critically Ill
Editors Christopher G. Hughes Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center and the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN USA
Pratik P. Pandharipande Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center and the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN USA
E. Wesley Ely Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center Department of Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Tennessee Valley Veteran’s Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC) Nashville, TN USA
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Preface
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right” was written by Thomas Paine in his pamphlet entitled Common Sense circa 1776. And while the context of this statement involved fighting for a democratic government and not fighting disease, the same philosophies hold true for much of our “practice” of medicine. Acute brain dysfunction during acute illness has, unfortunately, proven this concept time and time again throughout the history of medicine. It has long been associated with severe and critical illness, but for practitioners and even patients, it was typically considered an expected and often insignificant consequence – one t
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