The danger of delirium

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1331-1332

  Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^a   Ely, E Wesley ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84867157691     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.3414     Document Type: Note

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