Symptom profile of delirium in older people with and without dementia

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 166-171

  Edlund, Agneta ^a   Lundström, Maria ^b   Sandberg, Olov ^b   Bucht, Gösta ^b   Brännström, Benny ^c   Gustafson, Yngve ^b  

^a Pitea River Valley Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical profile; Delirium; Dementia; Old age

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESTLESSNESS; VERBALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; AGING; ANALGESICS; ANXIETY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELIRIUM; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547762179     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988707303338     Document Type: Article

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