Delirium in older persons.
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Summary
This review summarizes the clinical manifestations of and risk factors for delirium and the evaluation of patients with this condition and provides guidance regarding practical measures to prevent this common complication.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2006-03-16
- Cited by
- 2,022
- References
- 62
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W1978502700
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:245337
Keywords
Delirium, Medicine, Intensive care medicine, Complication, Surgery
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- A Comment on the Debate Surrounding Single‐ and Multifactorial Falls Prevention Interventions
- Delirium Is an Important Predictor of Incident Dementia among Elderly Hip Fracture Patients
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- Preoperative cerebrospinal fluid β-Amyloid/Tau ratio and postoperative delirium
- Delirium Affects Length of Hospital Stay Following Lung Transplantation
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- Delirium Update for Postacute Care and Long-Term Care Settings: A Narrative Review
- Delirium in the acute phase after stroke: comparison between methods of detection
- Nursing care for the elderly with hip fracture in an acute care hospital
- The use of dexmedetomidine and intravenous acetaminophen for the prevention of postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients over 60 years of age: a pilot study
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