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Predictive value and validation of the NEECHAM Confusion Scale using DSM-IV criteria for delirium as gold standard
- Source :
- International Journal of Older People Nursing. 6:133-142
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2011.
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Abstract
- Delirium is common among old patients in hospital, especially those who undergo hip surgery. Various instruments have been developed for detecting delirium. One of these, the NEECHAM Confusion Sc ...
- Subjects :
- Old patients
Hip surgery
medicine.medical_specialty
Hip fracture
business.industry
Gold standard
medicine.disease
behavioral disciplines and activities
Predictive value
nervous system diseases
Dsm iv criteria
mental disorders
Emergency medicine
Medicine
Delirium
medicine.symptom
business
Psychiatry
Gerontology
Confusion
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17483735
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Older People Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c919aa80c2a0dbacf53c2bd54f791113
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00232.x