Delirium: A Call to Improve Current Standards of Care

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 341-343

  Flaherty, Joseph H ^a   Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; DIGOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; THEOPHYLLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842680917     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.4.m341     Document Type: Editorial

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