Altered Mental Status in Older Emergency Department Patients

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-316

  Wilber, Scott T ^a,b  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PETHIDINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSULTATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAMILY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; STUPOR; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33645869875     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.01.011     Document Type: Review

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