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Room transfers and the risk of delirium incidence amongst hospitalized elderly medical patients: a case–control study

BACKGROUND: Room transfers are suspected to promote the development of delirium in hospitalized elderly patients, but no studies have systematically examined the relationship between room transfers and delirium incidence. We used a case–control study to determine if the number of room transfers per...

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Autores principales: Goldberg, Amanda, Straus, Sharon E., Hamid, Jemila S., Wong, Camilla L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26108254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0070-8