Persistent delirium predicts greater mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Kiely, Dan K ^a   Marcantonio, Edward R ^b   Inouye, Sharon K ^a,b   Shaffer, Michele L ^c   Bergmann, Margaret A ^b   Yang, Frances M ^d   Fearing, Michael A ^a   Jones, Richard N ^a,b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Mortality; Post acute care; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SEX; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 58149240878     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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