Unrecognized delirium in ED geriatric patients

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 142-145

  Lewis, Lawrence M ^a   Miller, Douglas K ^a   Morley, John E ^a   Nork, Mary Jo ^a   Lasater, Laura C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; Delirium; emergency services; geriatrics; hospital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028904932     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-6757(95)90080-2     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Sensory-perceptual alterations: Delirium in the intensive care unit
2. Delirium in the elderly
3. Mental impairment in the elderly
4. Delirium in the elderly patient
5. Acute confusion in elderly medical patients
6. Delirium: The often overlooked diagnosis
7. Delirium: A test of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III criteria on medical inpatients
8. Assessment of cognitive deficit in geriatric patients
9. Clarifying confusion: The confusion assessment method
10. Mini-mental state
11. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale A preliminary report
12. Delirium: Diagnosis and treatment in the older patient
13. General medical aspects of confusional states in elderly people
14. Acute confusional states (delirium) in the hospitalized elderly
15. Prospective versus retrospective methods of identifying patients with delirium