The future of delirium research: Promising but still room for improvement

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-171

  McNicoll, Lynn ^a,b   Besdine, Richard W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Geriatric units; Outcomes; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 34447291869     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324685     Document Type: Editorial

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