Managing geriatric psychiatric emergencies: Delirium and dementia

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-135

  Antai Otong, Deborah ^a  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; DONEPEZIL; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; PERPHENAZINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

AKATHISIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG POTENCY; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP PATTERN; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREMOR; AGED; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY; GERIATRIC NURSING; NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

AGED; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0038784026     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6465(02)00062-2     Document Type: Review

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