Delirium in hospitalized older patients with cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1075-1083

  Bond, Stewart M ^b   Neelon, Virginia J ^a,b   Belyea, Michael J ^c  

^a Biobehavioral Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249078563     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/06.ONF.1075-1083     Document Type: Article

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