Delirium in the elderly Akute Verwirrtheit im Alter

Singler K, Singler B, Heppner HJ (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift Georg Thieme Verlag

Book Volume: 136

Pages Range: 681-684

Journal Issue: 14

DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1274563

Abstract

Delirium occurs in 20 - 50 % of hospitalized elderly patients. An age > 65 years is one of the factors predisposing to the development of delirium, which is a common syndrome in geriatric medicine. Two clinical guidelines on this condition were published in 2010: NICE clinical guideline 103, Delirium: diagnosis, prevention, management and the German guideline S3-Leitlinie Analgesie, Sedierung und Delirmanagement in der Intensivmedizin. The article gives an overview of new aspects of delirium in the clinical context. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart - New York.

Authors with CRIS profile

Boris Singler Department of Anaesthesiology Hans Jürgen Heppner

Involved external institutions

Klinikum Nürnberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Singler, K., Singler, B., & Heppner, H.J. (2011). Delirium in the elderly Akute Verwirrtheit im Alter. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 136(14), 681-684. https://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1274563

MLA:

Singler, K., Boris Singler, and Hans Jürgen Heppner. "Delirium in the elderly Akute Verwirrtheit im Alter." Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 136.14 (2011): 681-684.

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