Delirium and mortality risk prediction: a story in evolution

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Eduard E Vasilevskis et al. Crit Care. 2010.

. 2010;14(5):449; author reply 449.

doi: 10.1186/cc9282. Epub 2010 Oct 29.

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The impact of delirium on the prediction of in-hospital mortality in intensive care patients.
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