Ideas, Inventions And Innovations : Large Study Finds Higher Burden of Acute Brain Dysfunction for COVID-19 ICU Patients
Brenda Pun, DNP, RN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care in the early months of the pandemic were subject to a significantly higher burden of delirium and coma than is typically found in patients with acute respiratory failure. Choice of sedative medications and curbs on family visitation played a role in increasing acute brain dysfunction for these patients. That's according to an international study published Jan. 8 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, led by researchers at Vanderbilt University M...
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