Orientation to time as a guide to the presence and severity of cognitive impairment in older hospital patients

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 500-504

  O'Keeffe, Emma ^a   Mukhtar, Osman ^a   O'Keeffe, Shaun T ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953844430     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.214817     Document Type: Article

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