January 20, 2009Open Access

Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients: Recognition, Risk Factors, and Psychomotor Subtypes

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Delirium was a common occurrence in the ED, and the vast majority of delirium in the ED was of the hypoactive subtype. EPs missed delirium in 76% of the cases. Delirium that was missed in the ED was nearly always missed by hospital physicians at the time of admission. Using a delirium risk score has the potential to improve delirium screening efficiency in the ED setting.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d92131ea2783c07da3c38f https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00339.x

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