Common blood laboratory values are associated with cognition among older inpatients referred for neuropsychological testing

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 909-925

  Bruce, Jared M ^a   Harrington, Colin J ^b,c   Foster, Suzanne ^c   Westervelt, Holly James ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Delirium; Electrolyte; Encephalopathy; Serum chemistries

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOCHLOREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68949149856     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040902795026     Document Type: Article

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