Features of subsyndromal and persistent delirium

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  Meagher, David ^a,b,c   Adamis, Dimitrios ^d   Trzepacz, Paula ^e,f,g,h   Leonard, Maeve ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Milford Hospice Palliative Care Centre   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^e ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT DELIRIUM; SUBSYNDROMAL DELIRIUM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 84855560181     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.095273     Document Type: Article

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