Computed tomography scanning and delirium in elder patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1107-1110

  Naughton, Bruce J ^a,c   Moran, Maureen ^b   Ghaly, Youssef ^a   Michalakes, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scans; Delirium; Elders; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030716189     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03690.x     Document Type: Article

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