Cognitive assessment and differentiating the 3 Ds (Dementia, Depression, Delirium)

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Milisen, Koen ^a,b   Braes, Tom ^a,b   Fick, Donna M ^c   Foreman, Marquis D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32944457398     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2005.09.001     Document Type: Review

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