Abbreviated cognitive test for delirium

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Hart, Robert P ^a   Best, Al M ^a   Sessler, Curtis N ^a   Levenson, James L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive testing; Delirium; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030846471     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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