An unexpected cause of delirium in an old patient [1]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 545-

  Marti, Juan ^a   Antón, Enrique ^a   Ezcurra, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ZUMÁRRAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CYCLOPENTOLATE; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PREMEDICATION; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OXIMETRY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OXIMETRY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 17444401715     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53178_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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