Prevalence of delirium among patients at a cancer ward: Clinical risk factors and prediction by bedside cognitive tests

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 413-417

  Grandahl, Mia Gall ^a   Nielsen, Svend Erik ^b   Koerner, Ejnar Alex ^c   Schultz, Helga Holm ^b   Arnfred, Sidse Marie ^d  

^a Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Private Practice of Chiropractic   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cancer; cognitive testing; Delirium; liaison; predictors; prevalence

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MORPHINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIRIUM; DENMARK; DIGIT SPAN TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINI COGNITIVE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONCOLOGY WARD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; CANCER CENTER; COGNITION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958527331     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2016.1141982     Document Type: Article

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