Prevalence of delirium in an Intermediate Care Unit;Delirium en pacientes de una Unidad de cuidados intermedios: Estudio prospectivo

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-79

  González H, Jorge ^a   Barros B, Jorge ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging; Delirium; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; DELIRIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033648443     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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