Diagnostic and treatment practices of delirium in a general hospital

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 625-633

  Rooney, Siobhan ^a,b   Qadir, Munir ^a,b   Adamis, Dimitrios ^b,c   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delirium; Liaison psychiatry; Management; Prescribing; Psychotropic medications

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84935508582     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0227-x     Document Type: Article

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