Acute confusional syndrome in elderly patients hospitalized due to medical condition;Síndrome confusional agudo en pacientes ancianos ingresados por patología médica

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 484-488

  Formiga, F ^a   Marcos, E ^a   Sole, A ^a   Valencia, E ^a   Lora Tamayo, J ^a   Pujol, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 27944450387     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13079762     Document Type: Article

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