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Screening, detection and management of delirium in the emergency department – a pilot study on the feasibility of a new algorithm for use in older emergency department patients: the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department (mCAM-ED)

BACKGROUND: Delirium in emergency department (ED) patients occurs frequently and often remains unrecognized. Most instruments for delirium detection are complex and therefore unfeasible for the ED. The aims of this pilot study were first, to confirm our hypothesis that there is an unmet need for for...

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Autores principales: Grossmann, Florian F, Hasemann, Wolfgang, Graber, Andreas, Bingisser, Roland, Kressig, Reto W, Nickel, Christian H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24625212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-22-19