Delirium and cognitive decline: More than a coincidence

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 634-639

  Popp, Julius ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Delirium; Neurodegeneration; Neuroinflammation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION;

AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS;

EID: 84892365954     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000030     Document Type: Review

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