Delirium and long-term cognitive impairment

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-42

  MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^a   Beaglehole, Anna ^b   Hall, Roanna J ^a   Meagher, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

APTITUDE TEST; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60749113418     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260802675031     Document Type: Review

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