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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| author | Hare, Malcolm Wynaden, Dianne McGowan, Sunita Speed, Gaye |
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| description | 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 to early identification of delirium. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-257532017-09-13T15:52:05Z Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department Hare, Malcolm Wynaden, Dianne McGowan, Sunita Speed, Gaye delirium emergency department elderly Cognition confusion 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 to early identification of delirium. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25753 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.01.005 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | delirium emergency department elderly Cognition confusion Hare, Malcolm Wynaden, Dianne McGowan, Sunita Speed, Gaye Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| title | Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| title_full | Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| title_fullStr | Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| title_short | Assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| title_sort | assessing cognition in elderly patients presenting to the emergency department |
| topic | delirium emergency department elderly Cognition confusion |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25753 |