Open AccessMulticomponent Geriatric Intervention for Elderly Inpatients With Delirium: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Kaisu Pitkälä,
Jouko Laurila,
Timo Strandberg,
Reijo S. Tilvis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/61.2.176
Subject(s) - delirium , randomized controlled trial , intervention (counseling) , medicine , intensive care medicine , geriatrics , geriatric psychiatry , psychiatry
Delirium is a common syndrome with poor prognosis affecting elderly inpatients. Treatment is mainly based on common sense with wide variations in practice. We investigated whether intensified, multicomponent geriatric treatment could improve the prognosis of delirious patients.
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