Low Incidence of Delirium in Very Old Patients after Surgery for Hip Fractures

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 306-314

  Kagansky, Nadya ^a,b,d   Rimon, Ephraim ^a,b   Naor, Simona ^a,b   Dvornikov, Elena ^a,b   Cojocaru, Lutzy ^c   Levy, Shmuel ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d Harzfeld Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 2342529233     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200405000-00010     Document Type: Article

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