How acute is delirium in nursing homes: An observational study from wesley woods at emory

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 786-

  Tune, Larry E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ANXIETY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DISORIENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE;

EID: 61449341792     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318181277f     Document Type: Letter

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