Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Application of the Italian version of the Intensive Care Unit Memory tool in the clinical setting. | Critical Care February 2004 Vol 8 No 1 Capuzzo et al. Research Open Access Application of the Italian version of the Intensive Care Unit Memory tool in the clinical setting Maurizia Capuzzo1 Vanna Valpondi1 Emiliano Cingolani1 Serena De Luca1 Giovanna Gianstefani1 Luigi Grassi2 and Raffaele Alvisi1 1 Medical Doctor Department of Surgical Anaesthetic and Radiological Sciences Section of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care University Hospital of Ferrara Ferrara Italy 2Medical Doctor Department of Medical Sciences of Communication and Behaviour Section of Psychiatry University Hospital of Ferrara Ferrara Italy Correspondence Maurizia Capuzzo cpm@ Received 4 September 2003 Revisions requested 20 October 2003 Revisions received 4 November 2003 Accepted 21 November 2003 Published 24 December 2003 Critical Care 2004 8 R48-R55 DOI cc2416 This article is online at http content 8 1 R48 2004 Capuzzo et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X . This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Introduction The aims of the present study were to assess patients memories of their stay in the intensive care unit ICU over time using the Italian version of the ICU Memory ICUM tool and to examine the relationship between memory and duration of ICU stay and infection. Patients and method Adult patients consecutively admitted to a four-bed ICU of a university hospital whose stay in the ICU was at least 3 days were prospectively studied. The ICUM tool was administered twice face to face 1 week after ICU discharge to 93 patients successfully in 87 and by phone after 3 months to 67 patients. Stability of memories over time was analyzed using Kappa statistics. Results Delusional memories appeared to be the most persistent recollections over time minimum K value .
