Delirium: Quick recognition, careful evaluation, and appropriate treatment

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-134

  Casey, David A ^a   DeFazio Jr , John V ^b   Vansickle, Kaycia ^b   Lippmann, Steven B ^b  

^a Norton Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0030188427     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.07.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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