Delirium: The importance of subsyndromal states

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 40-44

  Levkoff, Sue E ^a,d   Yang, Frances M ^a   Liptzin, Benjamin ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MANIA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

EID: 10344252764     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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