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Preventing delirium in older people.
Delirium is a common presentation of acute physical illness in older people. When complicating a hospital admission it is an independent predictor of poor outcomes and is poorly detected. Up to 50% of delirium in older people develops after admission to hospital. The factors that predispose to and precipitate these incident cases are now recognized and many are related to the process of care. C...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1445-937X
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2011.tb00869.x