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Intensive care unit psychosis-sundowning: A challenging phenomenon

Salman Assad, Usman Ghani, Touqeer Sulehria, Taimur Mansoor, Muhammad Ameer

Citation Information : Assad S, Ghani U, Sulehria T, Mansoor T, Ameer M. Intensive care unit psychosis-sundowning: A challenging phenomenon. Indian J Crit Care Med 2017; 21 (2):112-113.

DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.200008

License: CC BY-ND 3.0

Published Online: 01-02-2018

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2017; The Author(s).


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