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Clinical characteristics associated with the onset of delirium among long-term nursing home residents

BACKGROUND: Nursing home residents are frail, have multiple medical comorbidities, and are at high risk for delirium. Most of the existing evidence base on delirium is derived from studies in the acute in-patient population. We examine the association between clinical characteristics and medication...

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Autores principales: Cheung, Evelyn Ning Man, Benjamin, Sophiya, Heckman, George, Ho, Joanne Man-Wai, Lee, Linda, Sinha, Samir K., Costa, Andrew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5797375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29394886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0733-3