Cognitive assessment of older people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7822, 2011, Pages

  Young, John ^a   Meagher, David ^b,c   MacLullich, Alasdair ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIGOXIN; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST SCORE; AGING; COGNITION; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER ASSESSMENT OF COGNITION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 2; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858999713     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d5042     Document Type: Review

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