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    Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers identify predictive factors of delirium in Sub-Saharan Africa

    April 27, 2021
    https://news.vumc.org/2021/04/22/vanderbilt-zambia-researchers-identify-predictive-factors-of-delirium-in-sub-saharan-africa/
    Severity of illness, history of stroke, and being divorced or widowed were independently predictive of delirium in hospitalized patients in Zambia, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.
    Doug Heimburger, Ely, Wesley, Banerdt, Justin , ICU delirium , University of Zambia School of Medicine/University Teaching Hospital (UNZA/UTH)

    Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers find delirium in hospitalized patients linked to mortality, disability in Sub-Saharan Africa

    February 11, 2021
    https://news.vumc.org/2021/02/11/vanderbilt-zambia-researchers-find-delirium-in-hospitalized-patients-linked-to-mortality-disability-in-sub-saharan-africa/
    University of Zambia School of Medicine/University Teaching Hospital (UNZA/UTH), Doug Heimburger, Banerdt, Justin , ICU delirium , Ely, Wesley
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