Confusion, agitation and delirium

Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-49

  Martin, Juan Jose ^a,b  

^a Sanatorio Allende   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HALOPERIDOL;

AGITATION; AGRAPHIA; ALCOHOLISM; APHASIA; APNEA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEHYDRATION; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 84859180154     PISSN: 16604431     EISSN: 16622804     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/0003334054     Document Type: Article

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