Delirium in the Older Emergency Department Patient: A Quiet Epidemic

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-631

  Han, Jin H ^a   Wilson, Amanda ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Diagnosis; Emergency department; Epidemiology; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77955600917     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2010.03.005     Document Type: Review

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