A predictive model for delirium in hospitalized elderly medical patients based on admission characteristics

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 474-481

  Inouye, Sharon K ^a,b   Viscoli, Catherine M ^a   Horwitz, Ralph I ^a   Hurst, Leslie D ^a,b   Tinetti, Mary E ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0027486727     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-119-6-199309150-00005     Document Type: Article

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