Prevalence and clinical profile of delirium: a study from a tertiary-care hospital in north India

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-29

  Grover, Sandeep ^a   Subodh, BN ^a   Avasthi, Ajit ^a   Chakrabarti, Subho ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Sharan, Pratap ^a   Malhotra, Savita ^a   Kulhara, Parmanand ^a   Mattoo, Surendra Kumar ^a   Basu, Debasish ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical profile; Delirium; Psychiatric referral

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; THIORIDAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149122840     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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