Delirium upon admission to Swiss nursing homes: A cross-sectional study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 376-381

  Von Gunten, Armin ^a   Mosimann, Urs Peter ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77954109132     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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