Contradictory findings on one-year mortality following ICU delirium

Alison E Turnbull^{1

2}, Karin J Neufeld^{3

4}, Dale M Needham^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. turnbull@jhmi.edu.
² Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. turnbull@jhmi.edu.
³ Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. kneufel2@jhmi.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps 160, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. kneufel2@jhmi.edu.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. dale.needham@jhmi.edu.
⁶ Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. dale.needham@jhmi.edu.
⁷ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 1-130, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. dale.needham@jhmi.edu.

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Alison E Turnbull et al. Crit Care. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 30;19(1):29.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-0747-6.

Alison E Turnbull^{1

2}, Karin J Neufeld^{3

4}, Dale M Needham^{5

6

7}

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. turnbull@jhmi.edu.
² Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. turnbull@jhmi.edu.
³ Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. kneufel2@jhmi.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps 160, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. kneufel2@jhmi.edu.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. dale.needham@jhmi.edu.
⁶ Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E. Monument St - 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. dale.needham@jhmi.edu.
⁷ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 1-130, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. dale.needham@jhmi.edu.

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