Use of serial Mini-Mental State Examinations to diagnose and monitor delirium in elderly hospital patients.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on May 01, 2005

Authors

Shaun T O'Keeffe1, Eamon C Mulkerrin, Kayser Nayeem, Matthew Varughese, Isweri Pillay

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Galway Regional Hospitals, Galway, Ireland. s.okeeffe@whb.ie

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