Delirium: patient characteristics that predict a missed diagnosis at psychiatric consultation

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 442-445

  Kishi, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Kato, Masashi ^b,d   Okuyama, Toru ^b,c   Hosaka, Takashi ^b   Mikami, Katsunaka ^b   Meller, William ^e   Thurber, Steven ^f   Kathol, Roger ^e  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Woodland Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Diagnostic errors; Missed diagnosis; Pain; Past psychiatric diagnosis; Psychiatric consultation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSULTANTS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 34548609966     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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