Nurse Screening for Delirium in Older Patients Attending the Emergency Department

Background: Delirium in older emergency department (ED) patients is common, associated with many adverse outcomes, and costly to manage. Delirium detection in the ED is almost universally poor. Objectives: The authors aimed to develop a simple clinical risk screening tool that could be used by ED nu...

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Main Authors: Hare, Malcolm, Arendts, Glenn, Wynaden, Dianne, Leslie, Gavin
Format: Journal Article
Published: ProQuest 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19702