Clinical profile of delirium in older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1300-1306

  Sandberg, Olov ^b   Gustafson, Yngve ^c   Brännström, Benny ^a   Bucht, Gösta ^c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Geriatric psychiatry; Hospitalized; Prevalence; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032694359     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07429.x     Document Type: Article

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