Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 346-354 , December 2006

Delusional memories from the intensive care unit—Experienced by patients with physical trauma

  • Mona Ringdal

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Box 457, SE-40530 Göteborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 31 7736091; fax: +46 31 7736050.
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  • Lotta Johansson

      Affiliations

    • The Intensive Care Unit at Sahlgren University Hospital Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Dag Lundberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Ingegerd Bergbom

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Box 457, SE-40530 Göteborg, Sweden

,Accepted 3 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.03.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 346-354 , December 2006

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