Diagnosis, risk factors, predisposing factors, and predictive models of delirium

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 931-934

  Cheong, Josepha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALLELE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE PATIENT; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884578279     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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