PLoS Medicine (Mar 2017)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002247
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
p. e1002247

Abstract

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