Delirium superimposed on dementia: A systematic review

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1723-1732

  Fick, Donna M ^a,b   Agostini, Joseph V ^c   Inouye, Sharon K ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Delirium; Dementia; Geriatrics; Meta analysis; Older people; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036800422     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50468.x     Document Type: Review

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