Characteristics and outcome of delirium in psychiatric inpatients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Huang, Shu Chi ^a   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b   Chan, Chin Hong ^a   Hwang, Jen Ping ^a   Sim, Cho Boon ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delirium; Mortality; Psychiatric inpatient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031969239     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb00971.x     Document Type: Article

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