Which Signs and Symptoms Warrant Involvement of Medical Staff? The Definition and Identification of Status-change Events in the Nursing Home

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 115-120

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a   Lipson, Steven ^a   Horton, Debra ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Medical decision making

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; STATUS CHANGE EVENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2542584747     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280309596064     Document Type: Article

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