Comorbidities and delirium in older chronic kidney disease patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A data linkage study.

Intensive Crit Care Nurs

School of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: February 2024

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