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Does this critically ill patient with delirium require any drug treatment?

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Their swaying bodies reflected the agitation of their minds, and they suffered the worst agony of all, ever just within the reach of safety or just on the point of destruction. Thucydides (460 BC–400 BC).

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Dr. Salluh is supported in part by an individual research grant from CNPq and FAPERJ.

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  1. D’Or Institute for Research and Education, Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22281-100, Brazil

    Jorge I. F. Salluh

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clinica médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jorge I. F. Salluh

  3. Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Nicola Latronico

  4. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy

    Nicola Latronico

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Salluh, J.I.F., Latronico, N. Does this critically ill patient with delirium require any drug treatment?. Intensive Care Med 45, 501–504 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5310-x

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