Delirium in Elderly Patients

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Isik, Ahmet Turan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Grossberg, George T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Geriatrics.; Geriatric psychiatry.; Neurology .; Primary care (Medicine).; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Geriatric Psychiatry.; Neurology.; Primary Care Medicine.

This book provides a comprehensive, scholarly, and practical account of delirium that will be of value for all doctors and nurses involved in the care of the elderly. It not only offers a state of the art update on delirium, covering its history, epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis,...