Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital
(2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, T. A., Gladman, J. R., Harwood, R. H., MacLullich, A. M., Sampson, E. L., Sheehan, B., & Davis, D. H. (2017). Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), Article e1002247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002247
What is the problem?
Dementia in general hospitals
Dementia is very common in patients admitted to acute hospitals, affecting one in four patients, with 6% of people living with dementia being inpatients in acute hospitals at any given time [1,...
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