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@article{ Barros2015, title = {Delirium in the elderly in intensive care units: an integrative literature review}, author = {Barros, Marcia Abath Aires de and Figueirêdo, Danielle Samara Tavares de Oliveira and Fernandes, Maria das Graças Melo and Neto, José Melquiades Ramalho and Macêdo-Costa, Kátia Neyla de Freitas}, journal = {Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online}, number = {3}, pages = {2738-2748}, volume = {7}, year = {2015}, issn = {2175-5361}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i3.2738-2748}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53991-2}, abstract = {Objective: conducting a survey about delirium in the elderly in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Method: an integrative review of the literature held in databases MEDLINE and IBECS, in May 2012, whose inclusion criteria were: to be published between May 2007 to May 2012, available in full and in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Results: there were found 68 productions and selected 16, which were categorized into: 1) Incidence and prevalence of delirium in the elderly in ICU; 2) Factors predisposing and precipitating risk of delirium in the elderly in ICU and 3) Strategies for preventing modifiable risk factors of delirium in the elderly patients in the ICU. Conclusion: the scientific production about delirium is incipient in Brazil, health professionals, especially nurses, need to improving the recognition of this syndrome and implementing strategies for risk prevention factors for delirium.}, keywords = {alter Mensch; elderly; Intensivmedizin; intensive care medicine; Krankenhaus; hospital; Sterblichkeit; mortality; Risiko; risk; Prophylaxe; prophylaxis}}