Delirium in old age. Difficulties in diagnosis;Syndrome confusionnel du sujet âgé: Les difficultés d'un diagnostic facile

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 4, Issue 178, 2008, Pages 2392-2397

  Zarate Lagunes, Martin ^a   Lang, Pierre Olivier ^a   Zekry, Dina ^a  

^a Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CIMETIDINE; CODEINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICYCLOVERINE; DIGOXIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYZINE; ISOSORBIDE; LORATADINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; OXYBUTYNIN; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE; THEOPHYLLINE; TOLTERODINE; WARFARIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW;

AGED; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 56349159144     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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