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01-03-2009 | Poster presentation

Effect of magnesium on the incidence of delirium occurrence in the ICU

Authors: F Esen, E Senturk, P Ergin Özcan, E Kiraner, B Dogruel, R Disci, N Cakar, L Telci

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2009

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Sedation agents and opioids present an important subgroup of medications known to promote delirium. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that intravenous magnesium administration reduces the incidence of delirium occurrence by causing less sedative consumption in a mixed population of ICU patients. …

Title: Effect of magnesium on the incidence of delirium occurrence in the ICU
Authors: F Esen
E Senturk
P Ergin Özcan
E Kiraner
B Dogruel
R Disci
N Cakar
L Telci
Publication date: 01-03-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7576

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