Recorded Delirium in a National Sample of Elderly Inpatients: Potential Implications for Recognition

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-38

  Kales, Helen C ^a,b   Kamholz, Barbara A ^a   Visnic, Stephanie G ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SOLDIER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038006964     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988702250535     Document Type: Article

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