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%T Delirium in the elderly in intensive care units: an integrative literature review
%A Barros, Marcia Abath Aires de
%A Figueirêdo, Danielle Samara Tavares de Oliveira
%A Fernandes, Maria das Graças Melo
%A Neto, José Melquiades Ramalho
%A Macêdo-Costa, Kátia Neyla de Freitas
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 3
%P 2738-2748
%V 7
%D 2015
%K Delirium; Intensive care units
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53991-2
%X 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.
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%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info