Delirium among newly admitted postacute facility patients: Prevalence, symptoms, and severity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Kiely, Dan K ^a   Bergmann, Margaret A ^a   Murphy, Katharine M ^a   Jones, Richard N ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THOUGHT DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0038414746     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.5.m441     Document Type: Article

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