Epileptic activities are common in older people with delirium

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 447-451

  Naeije, Gilles ^a   Bachir, Imane ^a   Gaspard, Nicolas ^a,b   Legros, Benjamin ^a   Pepersack, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Epileptic activities; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UREA;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELIRIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSY; MALE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897551275     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12128     Document Type: Article

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