Delirium superimposed on dementia predicts 12-month survival in elderly patients discharged from a postacute rehabilitation facility

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1306-1309

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^c   Turco, Renato ^a,b   Lucchi, Elena ^a,b   Magnifico, Francesca ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^b,d  

^a Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 37349130522     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.11.1306     Document Type: Article

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