Etiologies and delirium rates of elderly ED patients with acutely altered mental status: a multicenter prospective study
| Autor: | Sercan Eroğlu, Asliddin Ahmedali, Mehmet Ali Aslaner, Mustafa Boz, Ali Çelik, Serkan Emre Eroğlu, Nalan Metin Aksu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri, Acil Tıp ABD |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Turkey Infections 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Altered Mental Status Interquartile range medicine Humans Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Mortality Prospective cohort study Intensive care medicine Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Mortality rate Delirium 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine Emergency department Hospitalization Intensive Care Units Emergency Medicine Etiology Consciousness Disorders Female Observational study Nervous System Diseases medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Popis: | WOS: 000397416600014 PubMed ID: 27765479 Objectives: Altered mental status (AMS) is a challenging diagnosis in older patients and has a large range of etiologies. The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of such etiologies for physicians to be better aware of AMS backgrounds and hence improve outcomes and mortality rates. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted at 4 emergency departments. Patients 65 years and older who presented to the emergency department with acute AMS ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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