Intracranial cause of delirium: Computed tomography yield and predictive factors

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 422-427

  Lai, M M Y ^a,b   Wong Tin Niam, D M ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorder; Confusion; Delirium; Elderly; Stroke; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELIRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859820904     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02400.x     Document Type: Article

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