Restraints And Depression Patients
Johns Hopkins researchers have identified two factors that predict depression in people after they've been hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Investigators looked at 160 people who'd been hospitalized with acute lung injury, a respiratory syndrome that typically requires invasive procedures such as the use of ventilators. Of the 160 patients, 26 percent were found to be depressed, and researchers found that those who were depressed were more likely to have had greater severity of organ...
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