Clinical characteristics and risk factors of delirium in demented and not demented elderly medical inpatients

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 535-539

  Margiotta, A ^a,b   Bianchetti, A ^a,b   Ranieri, P ^a,b   Trabucchi, M ^a,c  

^a St Anna Clinic   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33846311443     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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