Predicting Delirium Duration in Elderly Hip-Surgery Patients: Does Early Symptom Profile Matter?
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Predicting Delirium Duration in Elderly Hip-Surgery Patients: Does Early Symptom Profile Matter?
Background. Features that may allow early identification of patients at risk of prolonged delirium, and therefore of poorer outcomes, are not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine if preoperative delirium risk factors and delirium symptoms (at onset and clinical symptomatology during the course of delirium) are associated with delirium duration. Methods. This study was conduct...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1687-7063,1687-7071
DOI: 10.1155/2013/962321