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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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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