Importance of serum anticholinergic activity in the assessment of elderly patients with delirium

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-86

  Mussi, Chiara ^a,b   Ferrari, Rosaria ^a   Ascari, Stefania ^a   Salvioli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Estense   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; GLUCOSE; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032861077     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879901200208     Document Type: Article

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