The Mental Status Examination in Emergency Practice

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-451

  Koita, Jasmine ^a   Riggio, Sylvana ^a   Jagoda, Andy ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered mental status; Cognition; Delirium; Dementia

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DONEPEZIL; GLUCOSE; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; RISPERIDONE; SULINDAC;

AGED; ALERTNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARANOIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 77955643468     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2010.03.008     Document Type: Review

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