Prolonged activation EEG differentiates dementia with and without delirium in frail elderly patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Thomas, C ^a,b   Hestermann, U ^a   Walther, S ^a   Pfueller, U ^a   Hack, M ^a   Oster, P ^a   Mundt, C ^a   Weisbrod, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c SRH Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DELTA RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AROUSAL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 38849169968     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.111732     Document Type: Article

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