Cognitive impairment is undetected in medical inpatients: A study of mortality and recognition amongst healthcare professionals

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Torisson, Gustav ^a   Minthon, Lennart ^a   Stavenow, Lars ^b   Londos, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Medical inpatients; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865306375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-47     Document Type: Article

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