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Risk factors for incident delirium among older people in acute hospital medical units: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: delirium affects up to 40% of older hospitalised patients, but there has been no systematic review focussing on risk factors for incident delirium in older medical inpatients. We aimed to synthesise data on risk factors for incident delirium and where possible conduct meta-analysis of th...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Suman, Leurent, Baptiste, Sampson, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24610863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu022