Baseline Blood Cortisol Level and the Risk of Delirium Development in Adult Intensive Care Unit

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PEKTEZEL M. Y., Yuksel N. D. B., KILIÇASLAN B., AKINCI S. B.

JOURNAL OF CRITICAL & INTENSIVE CARE, vol.12, no.2, pp.42-46, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 12 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2021
• Doi Number: 10.37678/dcybd.2021.2650
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CRITICAL & INTENSIVE CARE
• Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.42-46
• Keywords: delirium, cortisol, intensive care unit, CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS, POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM, COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
• Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: A biomarker predicting further development risk of delirium would be of interest. Cortisol, as a lipid base blood hormone playing role in hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, might be a good indicator. However, relationship between baseline blood cortisol level and delirium formation has not been yet investigated in ICU.