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Confusion regarding the use of Natural Language Processing in ICU delirium assessment

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Irene J. van Diem-Zaal & Mark van den Boogaard

  2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Irene J. van Diem-Zaal

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

    Katarzyna Kotfis

  4. Division of Allergy, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    E. Wesley Ely

  5. Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    E. Wesley Ely

  6. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Service, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA

    E. Wesley Ely

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van Diem-Zaal, I.J., van den Boogaard, M., Kotfis, K. et al. Confusion regarding the use of Natural Language Processing in ICU delirium assessment. Intensive Care Med 48, 981–982 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06706-0

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