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Delirium, a Symptom of UTI in the Elderly: Fact or Fable? A Systematic Review(*)

BACKGROUND: In geriatrics, delirium is widely viewed as a consequence of and, therefore, a reason to initiate workup for urinary tract infection (UTI). There is a possibility that this association is overestimated. To determine the evidence behind this clinical practice, we undertook a systematic re...

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Autores principales: Balogun, Seki A., Philbrick, John T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24596591
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.17.90