Delirium in nursing home residents across care transitions: A preliminary report

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1956-1958

  Morandi, Alessandro ^a   Han, Jin H ^a   Callison, Clay ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a,c   Schnelle, John F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350402014     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02472.x     Document Type: Letter

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