Delerium in clinical practice: Experiences from a specialized delirium ward

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 389-392

  Wahlund, Lars Olof ^a   Björlin, Gunilla Armanius ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delirium; Delirium ward; Dementia; Infectious disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIRIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; STROKE; SWEDEN; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS;

EID: 0033194311     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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