The effect of cognitive impairment on the accuracy of the presenting complaint and discharge instruction comprehension in older emergency department patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Han, Jin H ^a   Bryce, Suzanne N ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a,c   Kripalani, Sunil ^b   Morandi, Alessandro ^a   Shintani, Ayumi ^a   Jackson, James C ^a,c   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Dittus, Robert S ^b,c   Schnelle, John ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH LITERACY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79957691677     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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