TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fatma Shoeib Ali
AU  - Manal Sayed Ismaeil , 
AU  - Waheed Radwan , 
AU  - Zeinab Abdelhalim , 
TI  - Relationship between intensive care unit (ICU) delirium and patient's outcome in the critical care department Elmanial University Hospital : : A suggested nursing intervention protocol / 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Fatma Shoeib Ali , 
KW  - Cognitive impairment
KW  - ICU delirium
KW  - Patientsّـoutcome
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Science; Issued also as CD
N2  - Delirium is a severe organic dysfunction of the brain with a decline in attention and cognition it prolongs hospital stay and reintubation period with higher mortality, and cost of care. It represents an interdisciplinary appproach to assessment and mangement. Therefore the aim of this study was to: (a) examine the relationship between ICU delirium and patients' outcomes as indicated by; mechanical ventilation period, cognitive state and ability to perform activity of daily living (ADL), (b) determine the different  correlates that might contribute to the occurrence of ICU delirium, and (c) suggest a nursing intervention protocol
ER  -