Objective assessment of attention in delirium: A narrative review

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1185-1197

  Tieges, Zoë ^a   Brown, Laura J E ^b   MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive tests; Delirium; Dementia; Objective assessment; Review

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84922419036     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4131     Document Type: Review

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