Delirium and functional recovery in elderly patients [1]

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-108

  Speciale, Salvatore ^a,b   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Lucchi, Elena ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^b,c  

^a Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 34047098814     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.1.107     Document Type: Letter

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