Diagnosis and management of delirium

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 80-86

  Weinberger, Michael W ^a,b,d   Carnes, Molly ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOCRIPTINE; BUTORPHANOL; BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLURAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HALOTHANE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALBUPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NORPETHIDINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PETHIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030987282     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(97)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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