Constipation is independently associated with delirium in critically ill ventilated patients

Roland Smonig; Timothée Wallenhorst; Pierre Bouju; Julien Letheulle; Yves Le Tulzo; Jean Marc Tadié; Arnaud Gacouin

doi:10.1007/s00134-015-4050-4

Constipation is independently associated with delirium in critically ill ventilated patients

Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jan;42(1):126-7. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4050-4. Epub 2015 Sep 10.

Authors

Roland Smonig¹, Timothée Wallenhorst^{1

2}, Pierre Bouju^{1

2}, Julien Letheulle^{1

2}, Yves Le Tulzo^{1

3

2}, Jean Marc Tadié^{1

3

2}, Arnaud Gacouin^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses ET Réanimation Médicale, 35033, Rennes, France.
² Faculté de Médecine, Biosit, Univ Rennes 1, 35043, Rennes, France.
³ Inserm-CIC, 35043, Rennes, France.
⁴ CHU Rennes, Maladies Infectieuses ET Réanimation Médicale, 35033, Rennes, France. arnaud.gacouin@chu-rennes.fr.
⁵ Inserm-CIC, 35043, Rennes, France. arnaud.gacouin@chu-rennes.fr.

PMID: 26359169
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-4050-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Comorbidity
Constipation / epidemiology*
Constipation / etiology
Critical Illness*
Delirium / epidemiology*
Delirium / etiology
Female
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects*
Respiration, Artificial / statistics & numerical data
Severity of Illness Index