Prognosis of delirium in hospitalized elderly: Worse than we thought

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 497-505

  Dasgupta, Monidipa ^a,b   Brymer, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

delirium; hospitalization; older; prognosis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LITHIUM; MEMANTINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; ZOPICLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; VERY ELDERLY; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898003107     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4032     Document Type: Article

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