Treatment characteristics of delirium superimposed on dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1671-1676

  Boettger, Soenke ^a   Passik, Steven ^b   Breitbart, William ^b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive disorder; delirium; delirium superimposed on dementia; dementia; treatment characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM SUPERIMPOSED ON DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORIAL DELIRIUM ASSESSMENT SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 80455145301     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000998     Document Type: Article

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