Dehydration encephalopathy: A neurological emergency in the older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1819-1821

  Sakakibara, Ryuji ^a   Kishi, Masahiko ^a   Ogawa, Emina ^a   Tateno, Fuyuki ^a   Ogata, Tsuyoshi ^a   Haruta, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuzawa, Yasuo ^a   Shirai, Kohji ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; SEX RATIO; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956304920     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03055.x     Document Type: Letter

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