Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Hare, Malcolm ^a,b   Wynaden, Dianne ^b   McGowan, Sunita ^a,b   Speed, Gaye ^a,b  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Confusion; Delirium; Elderly; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 43849088157     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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