Evaluation of a Medical and Mental Health Unit compared with standard care for older people whose emergency admission to an acute general hospital is complicated by concurrent 'confusion': a controlled clinical trial. Acronym: TEAM: Trial of an Elderly Acute care Medical and mental health unit

BACKGROUND: Patients with delirium and dementia admitted to general hospitals have poor outcomes, and their carers report poor experiences. We developed an acute geriatric medical ward into a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit over an eighteen month period. Additional specialist mental health...

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Autores principales: Harwood, Rowan H, Goldberg, Sarah E, Whittamore, Kathy H, Russell, Catherine, Gladman, John RF, Jones, Rob G, Porock, Davina, Lewis, Sarah A, Bradshaw, Lucy E, Elliot, Rachel A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-123

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-123

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