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Risk Factors for Delirium in Hospitalized Elderly
JAMA 267:827-831, Schor,J.D.,et al, 1992
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Article Abstract
Delirium in hospitalized patients is most closely associated with factors already present on admission such as prior cognitive impairment,advanced age,and fracture.In the hospital,use of neuroleptics and narcotics and the presence of infection are less strongly associated with this syndrome.
 
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