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Incidence of delirium in the Canadian emergency department and its consequences on hospital length of stay: a prospective observational multicentre cohort study

OBJECTIVE: We aim to determine the incidence of delirium and describe its impacts on hospital length of stay (LOS) among non-delirious community-dwelling older adults with an 8-hour exposure to the emergency department (ED) environment. DESIGN: This is a prospective observational multicentre cohort...

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Autores principales: Émond, Marcel, Boucher, Valérie, Carmichael, Pierre-Hugues, Voyer, Philippe, Pelletier, Mathieu, Gouin, Émilie, Daoust, Raoul, Berthelot, Simon, Lamontagne, Marie-Eve, Morin, Michèle, Lemire, Stéphane, Minh Vu, Thien Tuong, Nadeau, Alexandra, Rheault, Marcel, Juneau, Lucille, Le Sage, Natalie, Lee, Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5855334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29523559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018190