The prognostic significance of delirium in older hospital patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-178

  O'Keeffe, Shaun ^a,c   Lavan, John ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0031013242     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb04503.x     Document Type: Article

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