Open AccessCauses and prognosis of delirium in elderly patients admitted to a district general hospital
Author(s) -
James George,
Sheena Bleasdale,
STEVEN J. SINGLETON
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/26.6.423
Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , confusion , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , psychology , psychoanalysis
delirium is common and is associated with a high early mortality, but less is known about the longer term prognosis.
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