Assessing severity of delirium by the delirium observation screening scale

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-291

  Scheffer, Alice C ^a   Van Munster, Barbara C ^a   Schuurmans, Marieke J ^b   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

delirium; DOS Scale; DRS R 98; severity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM OBSERVATION SCREENING SCALE; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE REVISED 98; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79951756357     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2526     Document Type: Article

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