Incidence of Delirium, Risk Factors, and Long-Term Survival of Elderly Patients Hospitalized in a Medical Specialty Teaching Hospital in Mexico City

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-336

  Villalpando Berumen, Juan Manuel ^a   Pineda Colorado, Ana Margarita ^a   Palacios, Perla ^a   Reyes Guerrero, Jorge ^a   Villa, Antonio R ^a   Gutiérrez Robledo, Luis Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Incidence; Mexican; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PAIN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0442277875     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020300958X     Document Type: Article

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