Delirium in the elderly

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 214-219

  Alakkassery, Suraj ^a,b   Flaherty, Joseph H ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; RIVASTIGMINE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SERODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); AGED; REVIEW;

AGED; DELIRIUM; HUMANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875606438     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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