Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department

Delirium occurs frequently among elderly patients in the Emergency Department (ED), and accurate assessment is difficult without knowledge of the patient's usual cognitive functioning. This audit was designed to determine whether routine cognitive screening of elderly patients in ED could lead...

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Main Authors: Hare, Malcolm, Wynaden, Dianne, McGowan, Sunita, Speed, Gaye
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25753