Delirium in the emergency department: an independent predictor of death within 6 months.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on April 03, 2010

Authors

Jin H Han1, Ayumi Shintani, Svetlana Eden, Alessandro Morandi, Laurence M Solberg, John Schnelle, Robert S Dittus, Alan B Storrow, E Wesley Ely

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-4700, USA. jin.h.han@vanderbilt.edu

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