Is anaemia a risk factor for delirium in an acute geriatric population?

Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 382-385

  Joosten, Etienne ^a   Lemiengre, Joke ^b   Nelis, Tine ^b   Verbeke, Geert ^b   Milisen, Koen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Delirium; Elderly

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750572458     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095126     Document Type: Article

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