Clinical management and prevention of delirium

Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-72

  Marcantonio, Edward R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute confusional state; acute hospital care; agitation; confusion; delirium; dementia; geriatrics; management; old age psychiatry; prevention; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950234330     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.4.1.68.58306     Document Type: Article

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