Hospital use, institutionalisation and mortality associated with delirium

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-475

  Eeles, Eamonn M P ^a,c   Hubbard, Ruth E ^a,b   White, Susan V ^a   O'Mahony, M Sinead ^a   Savva, George M ^d   Bayer, Antony J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Frailty; Institutionalisation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL; POLYPHARMACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WALES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALES;

EID: 77954343606     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq052     Document Type: Article

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