Alcohol, cognitive impairment and the hard to discharge acute hospital inpatients

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-145

  Popoola, A ^a   Keating, A ^a   Cassidy, E ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

'Hardto discharge' inpatients; Alcohol; Alcohol related cognitive impairment; Wernicke Korsakoff psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WERNICKE KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43749112532     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-008-0135-1     Document Type: Article

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