Delirium accelerates cognitive decline in alzheimer disease

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1570-1575

  Fong, T G ^a,b   Jones, R N ^a   Shi, P ^a   Marcantonio, E R ^b   Yap, L ^c   Rudolph, J L ^a,b,d   Yang, F M ^a,d   Kiely, D K ^a   Inouye, S K ^a,b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649389937     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a4129a     Document Type: Article

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