Screening for cognitive impairment in older people attending accident and emergency using the 4-item Abbreviated Mental Test

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 340-342

  Schofield, Irene ^a   Stott, David J ^b   Tolson, Debbie ^a   McFadyen, Angus ^a   Monaghan, James ^c   Nelson, Derek ^c  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aged; cognitive function; emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

4 ITEM ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST; ACCIDENT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSE; PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649529193     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833777ab     Document Type: Article

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