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Tag Archives: Confusion Assessment Method
Clinical Prediction Rule for Delirium in Patients Admitted to Medical Wards (BMJ Open)
Summary This article addresses the development and validation of a clinical prediction rule, using variables measurable upon hospital admission, to identify patients likely to develop delirium in hospital. The main variables analysed and included in the prediction rule are (1) … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights
Tagged Activities of Daily Living, Altered Levels of Consciousness, Anticonvulsants, Antidementia Drugs, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Benzodiazepines, BMJ Open, Clinical Prediction Rule for Delirium, Confusion Assessment Method, Disorganised Thinking, Donostia University Hospital, Inattention, Internal Medicine Wards, Spain
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Cognitive Assessment of Older People (BMJ Clinical Review)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 3, October 2011]. Abstract This review article examines the cognitive assessment of older people (i.e. those aged over 65 years) with a view to … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Abbreviated Mental Test Score, Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation, Cognitive Assessment, Confusion Assessment Method, Depression in Older People, General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), Mini-Mental State Examination, Professor John Young
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