Altered Mental Status in Older Patients in the Emergency Department

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-136

  Han, Jin H ^a   Wilber, Scott T ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Delirium; Diagnosis; Emergency department; Epidemiology; Management; Stupor

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; HALOPERIDOL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LORAZEPAM; NIFEDIPINE; OLANZAPINE; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZIPRASIDONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STUPOR; TORSADE DES POINTES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMA; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUPOR;

EID: 84869992736     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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