Delirium in a consultation liaison psychiatry unit of a general hospital;Delirium en la interconsulta psiquiátrica de un hospital general

Actas Espanolas de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-164

  Navines R ^a   Gomez E ^a   Franco, J G ^a   De Pablo, J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Inst de Psiq y Psicol Medica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delirium; Epidemiology; General Hospital; Liaison Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL;

DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0035347854     PISSN: 11399287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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