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Delirium for Critically Ill Patients: Nurses' Knowledge & Practices - Couverture souple

Ismael, Manal

 
9783659788512: Delirium for Critically Ill Patients: Nurses' Knowledge & Practices
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659788511 ISBN 13 : 9783659788512
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

A high proportion of adults admitted to hospital experience delirium, a pathological alteration in cognition associated with inattention, a fluctuating course, and an underlying systemic illness, metabolic imbalance, or association with drug. Delirium has been linked to adverse short term outcomes, including up to threefold increases hospital mortality and length of stay, which place considerable burdens on caregivers and healthcare services. Delirium can also have long term consequences, with studies indicating an association between delirium and a higher likelihood of death, functional disability, admission to residential care, cognitive impairment, and dementia after discharge. Delirium can be overlooked, misdiagnosed, and its significance underestimated by healthcare providers working in intensive care. Nurses Knowledge and practices of the true magnitude of delirium and its associated burdens in critically ill patients would allow clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to allocate much needed resources towards reducing morbidity and mortality associated with delirium.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A high proportion of adults admitted to hospital experience delirium, a pathological alteration in cognition associated with inattention, a fluctuating course, and an underlying systemic illness, metabolic imbalance, or association with drug. Delirium has been linked to adverse short term outcomes, including up to threefold increases hospital mortality and length of stay, which place considerable burdens on caregivers and healthcare services. Delirium can also have long term consequences, with studies indicating an association between delirium and a higher likelihood of death, functional disability, admission to residential care, cognitive impairment, and dementia after discharge. Delirium can be overlooked, misdiagnosed, and its significance underestimated by healthcare providers working in intensive care. Nurses Knowledge and practices of the true magnitude of delirium and its associated burdens in critically ill patients would allow clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to allocate much needed resources towards reducing morbidity and mortality associated with delirium.

Biographie de l'auteur

Vice Dean of Education & Students Affairs, Professor of Critical & Emergency Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Cairo University. Achieved B.Sc. in Nursing Science, M.SC.& PhD in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Cairo University. Post-doctorate studies in Critical & Emergency Nursing.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659788511
ISBN 13 
9783659788512
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
92
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