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The lived experience of delirium in intensive care unit patients: A meta-ethnography

Authors :
Gaete Ortega, Damaris
Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth
Norris, Colleen M.
Source :
Australian Critical Care; March 2020, Vol. 33 Issue: 2 p193-202, 10p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The objectives were to interpretatively synthesise qualitative findings on patients' lived experience of delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to identify meanings and potential existential issues that affect them during and after their experience. Patients may face existential challenges when they are vulnerable in their confusion, all while confronting the reality of their mortality in the critically ill state.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10367314
Volume :
33
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Australian Critical Care
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs49173159
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2019.01.003