Open AccessOccurrence and outcome of delirium in medical in-patients: a systematic literature review
Author(s) -
Najma Siddiqi,
Allan House,
John D. Holmes
Publication year - 2006
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/afl005
Subject(s) - delirium , medicine , incidence (geometry) , institutionalisation , medical record , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , medline , adverse effect , psychiatry , physics , political science , law , optics
Despite the acknowledged clinical importance of delirium, research evidence for measures to improve its management is sparse. A necessary first step to devising appropriate strategies is to understand how common it is and what its outcomes are in any particular setting.
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