Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital

Thomas A Jackson, John R F Gladman, Rowan H Harwood, Alasdair M J MacLullich, Elizabeth L Sampson, Bart Sheehan, Daniel H J Davis

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Abstract

In an Essay, Andrew Jackson and colleagues discuss challenges in the diagnosis and management of older people with dementia and delirium in acute hospitals.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1002247
JournalPLoS Medicine
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Mar 2017

Bibliographical note

© 2017 Jackson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Keywords

  • Dementia
  • Death rates
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Hospitals
  • Geriatrics
  • Inpatients
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • dementia with Lewy dodies

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