C-reactive protein levels and delirium in a rehabilitation ward [8]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-123

  Speciale, Salvatore ^a,b   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Guerini, Fabio ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^c  

^a 'Ancelle della Carita' Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38549175244     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm176     Document Type: Letter

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