Three-year mortality of delirium among elderly inpatients in consultation-liaison service

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-71

  Tsai, Meng Chang ^a   Weng, Hsu Huei ^b,c   Chou, Shih Yong ^a,c   Tsai, Ching Shu ^a   Hung, Tai Hsin ^a   Su, Jian An ^a,c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delirium; Elderly; Mortality; Psychiatric consultation

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TIME;

EID: 84855358250     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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