Emergency Department Management of Delirium in the Elderly
An increasing number of elderly patients are presenting to the emergency department. Numerousstudies have observed that emergency physicians often fail to identify and diagnose delirium in theelderly. These studies also suggest that even when emergency physicians recognized delirium, theystill may n...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4ff361h6 |