Insight into delirium

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Ali, Shahid ^a   Patel, Milapkumar ^a   Jabeen, Shagufta ^a   Bailey, Rahn K ^a   Patel, Tejas ^a   Shahid, Marwah ^b   Riley, Wayne J ^a   Arain, Amir ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Delusion; Drugs; Hallucination; Inflammatory; Neuroanatomic; Neuroimaging; Neurotransmitter; Oxidative metabolism; Pathophysiology; Predisposing factors; Psychotic; Sleep; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DELIRIUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 82755198978     PISSN: 21588333     EISSN: 21588341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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