Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 218-221 , August 2008

Intensive care delirium monitoring and standardised treatment: A complete survey of Dutch Intensive Care Units

,Accepted 16 April 2008.

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PII: S0964-3397(08)00051-7

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.04.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 218-221 , August 2008

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