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Cognitive decline in elderly medical and surgical inpatients

BACKGROUND: Impairment in cognitive function increases with age. AIM: To study the prevalence of cognitive decline in inpatients ≥60 years of age. METHODS: One hundred and thirty patients (85 men and 45 women), admitted to a community general hospital for medical or surgical treatment, were selected...

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Autores principales: Tirupati, Srinivasan N., Punitha, Rebecca N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711290
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.55954