Need we do so badly in managing delirium in elderly patients?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-474

  Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0141840797     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afg095     Document Type: Editorial

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