Using the mini-mental state examination to screen for delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 394-400

  Ringdal, G I ^a   Ringdal, K ^b   Juliebo V ^d   Wyller, T B ^d   Hjermstad, M J ^c,f   Loge, J H ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confusion Assessment Method; Delirium; Elderly patients; Hip fracture; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856479022     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335743     Document Type: Article

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