Improving delirium care through early intervention: From bench to bedside to boardroom

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-213

  O'Hanlon, Shane ^a,b   O'Regan, Niamh ^c   MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^d   Cullen, Walter ^a,e   Dunne, Colum ^a,e   Exton, Chris ^a,e   Meagher, David ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DELIRIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DSM-IV; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

COGNITION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOGERIATRICS;

ANIMALS; DELIRIUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84893461619     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304334     Document Type: Article

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