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Managing delirium in elderly people | Author(s) | Sheena Bleasdale, James George |
Journal title | Elderly Care, vol 8, no 5, October/November 1996 |
Pages | pp 13-14 |
Keywords | Confusion ; In-patients ; Nursing ; Standards of provision ; Cumbria. |
Annotation | Delirium or acute confusional state is a common condition affecting old people which can occur in up to 30% of acute medical admissions to hospital. The authors describe how multidisciplinary guidelines for managing delirium were developed in a hospital in Carlisle, with particular emphasis on nursing interventions. |
Accession Number | CPA-970305001 A |
Classmark | EDC: LF7: LQ: 583: 8CU |
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