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Screening for delirium: a means to improved outcome in hospitalized elderly patients
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 1997
Abstract
In recent years, psychiatrists have improved their accuracy and efficiency in diagnosing delirium, particularly in hospitalized elderly patients. Early and accurate diagnosis is essential as unrecognized and untreated delirium is associated with longer length of hospital stay and greater expense, accelerated functional decline, an increase in nursing home placements, persistent cognitive deficits, and elevated rates of mortality.
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