Incidence of postoperative delirium in a specialized hospital for orthopedic surgery: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1309-1311

  Thannhauser, Jorien ^a   Benraad, Carolien E M ^a   Jacobs, Wilco C H ^a   Van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^b  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 67649784688     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02305.x     Document Type: Letter

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