Difficulties in diagnosing delirium in elderly patients in a general hospital
Asian J Psychiatr
.
2014 Jun:9:85-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2014.02.001.
Epub 2014 Feb 11.
Authors
Alexandr Merkin
1
,
Ilya Borisov
2
,
Alexandr Shushkevitch
2
,
Evgeny Dinov
3
,
Yekaterina Brandt
4
,
Evgeny Cheremushkin
5
,
Igor Nikiforov
6
Affiliations
1
Institute for Advanced Training of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, 91 Volokolamskoe Rd., Moscow 125371, Russia. Electronic address: a.g.merkin@ya.ru.
2
Moscow Clinical City Hospital N71, 14 Mozhayskoe Rd., Moscow 121374, Russia.
3
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow 117198, Russia.
4
University of New Mexico, USA.
5
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, 5a Butlerova st., Moscow 117485, Russia.
6
Institute for Advanced Training of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, 91 Volokolamskoe Rd., Moscow 125371, Russia.
PMID:
24813043
DOI:
10.1016/j.ajp.2014.02.001
No abstract available
Keywords:
Confusional state; Delirium; Elderly; Misdiagnosis; Overdiagnosis; Underdiagnosis.
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Aged
Delirium / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Errors
Hospitals, General
Humans