Clinical profile of acute confusion in the long-term care setting

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-158

  Cacchione, Pamela Z ^a,b,c   Culp, Kennith ^b   Laing, Joan ^b   Tripp Reimer, Toni ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Barnes Jewish Extended Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acute confusion; Delirium; Long term care; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ACUTE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEARING DISORDER; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFECTION; LONG-TERM CARE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0037641206     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773803012002003     Document Type: Article

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