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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
6
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1989-9-18
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Seventy elderly patients meeting the DSM-III criteria for delirium were examined during the acute stage and followed up to one year. The mean age of the patients was 75 years (range 60-88), their delirium lasted on average 20 days (range 3-81) and the psychiatric hospitalization on average 30 days (range 8-365). The most common etiologies for delirium were stroke, infections and metabolic disorders. For 57 cases (81%) a predisposing structural brain disease was found. During the index admission, the cognitive dysfunction associated with delirium ameliorated significantly (the mean +/- SD Mini-Mental State Examination score 9.7 +/- 6.6 at admission and 13.9 +/- 7.2 at discharge; P less than 0.001), but during the one-year follow-up progression of the basic central nervous system disease was seen together with declining cognition and deterioration of functions of daily living.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
0001-690X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
79
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
579-85
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Activities of Daily Living,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Acute Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Brain Damage, Chronic,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Cause of Death,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Delirium,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Dementia,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Dementia, Multi-Infarct,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Neuropsychological Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Parkinson Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:2763853-Psychiatric Department, Hospital
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| pubmed:year |
1989
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Delirium among elderly persons admitted to a psychiatric hospital: clinical course during the acute stage and one-year follow-up.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Neurology, University Central Hospital of Kuopio, Finland.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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