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Screening for delirium: a means to improved outcome in hospitalized elderly patients

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1997

Dominique L Musselman ,
Colleen N Hawthorne  and
Alan Stoudemire
Dominique L Musselman
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Colleen N Hawthorne
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Alan Stoudemire
Affiliation:
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Abstract

In recent years, psychiatrists have improved their accuracy and efficiency in diagnosing delirium, particularly in hospitalized elderly patients. Early and accurate diagnosis is essential as unrecognized and untreated delirium is associated with longer length of hospital stay and greater expense, accelerated functional decline, an increase in nursing home placements, persistent cognitive deficits, and elevated rates of mortality.

Type
Review Article
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1997 , pp. 235 - 256
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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