To: Roccus
Supposedly it is an aftereffect of the blood cells being manipulated through the tubing of the actual machine. (Please all, feel free to correct me for I am working from memory only here)
Then again, I was the NURSE, and I got a heavy dose of ICU psychosis (sp), lol
37 posted on
06/21/2006 5:51:02 AM PDT by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: carmenbmw
Mom started acting and speaking irrationally during a stint in an ICU. Drs said it was ICU psychosis due to isolation. My sister, also an RN, thought it may have been a stroke. After getting her out of that hospital and away from those Drs, we found out my sister was right. Mom was subsequently diagnosed with onset Alzheimer's.
41 posted on
06/21/2006 6:00:39 AM PDT by
Roccus
(Cynical romantic or romantic cynic.....you decide.)
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