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Tools for diagnosing delirium in the critically ill: is calibration needed for the less sedated patient?

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Dimitri Gusmao-Flores

  2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Processos Interativos dos Órgãos e Sistemas, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde (ICS), Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Dimitri Gusmao-Flores

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Juliana C. S. Martins & Daniele Amorin

  4. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Lucas C. Quarantini

  5. Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil

    Lucas C. Quarantini

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    Dimitri Gusmao-Flores

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Gusmao-Flores, D., Martins, J.C.S., Amorin, D. et al. Tools for diagnosing delirium in the critically ill: is calibration needed for the less sedated patient?. Intensive Care Med 40, 137–138 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3120-8

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