The course of delirium in older long-term care residents

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1291-1297

  Cole, Martin G ^a,b   McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Voyer, Philippe ^c   Monette, Johanne ^d   Champoux, Nathalie ^e   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Vu, Minh ^f,g   Belzile, Eric ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aged; course; delirium; long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DELIRIUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868541160     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3782     Document Type: Article

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