The risk of dementia and death after delirium

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 551-556

  Rockwood, Kenneth ^a,b   Cosway, Sylvia ^a   Carver, Daniel ^a   Jarrett, Pamela ^a   Stadnyk, Karen ^a   Fisk, John ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032721873     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.6.551     Document Type: Article

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