A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 669-676

  Inouye, Sharon K ^a   Bogardus Jr , Sidney T ^a   Charpentier, Peter A ^a   Leo Summers, Linda ^a   Acampora, Denise ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Cooney Jr , Leo M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033522146     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199903043400901     Document Type: Article

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