Attention! A good bedside test for delirium?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1122-1131

  O'Regan, Niamh A ^a   Ryan, Daniel J ^a   Boland, Eve ^b   Connolly, Warren ^b   McGlade, Ciara ^a   Leonard, Maeve ^c   Clare, Josie ^d   Eustace, Joseph A ^e   Meagher, David ^a   Timmons, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION TEST; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; CONFUSION; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE REVISED 98; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTHS OF THE YEAR BACKWARDS TEST; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL SPAN FORWARDS TEST; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908319600     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-307053     Document Type: Article

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