Interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non-ICU patients

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Volumn 2016, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Siddiqi, Najma ^a   Harrison, Jennifer K ^b   Clegg, Andrew ^c   Teale, Elizabeth A ^c   Young, John ^c   Taylor, James ^d   Simpkins, Samantha A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MELATONIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; CITICOLINE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPUTERISED CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELIRIUM; EMBASE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGONISTS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE CHOLINE; DELIRIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MELATONIN; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84961884170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005563.pub3     Document Type: Review

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