Prediction of delirium in fractured neck of femur as part of routine preoperative nursing care [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-388

  Freter, S H ^a   George, Jim ^b   Dunbar, M J ^a   Morrison, M ^a   MacKnight, C ^a   Rockwood, K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 26944461265     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi099     Document Type: Letter

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