The diagnosis of delirium among elderly patients presenting to the emergency department of an acute hospital

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-204

  Press, Yan ^a,b   Margulin, Tzila ^b   Grinshpun, Yakov ^b,c   Kagan, Ella ^b,c   Snir, Yoram ^b,c   Berzak, Alex ^a,b   Clarfield, A Mark ^b,c,d  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delirium of the elderly; Emergency department patients; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 58349113903     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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