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Delirium in Old Age (Hardcover, Twenty-Eighth): James Lindesay, Kenneth Rockwood, Alastair Macdonald

Delirium in Old Age (Hardcover, Twenty-Eighth)

James Lindesay, Kenneth Rockwood, Alastair Macdonald

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Delirium is a cognitive disorder consisting of deficits of attention, arousal, consciousness, memory, orientation, perception, speech and language. It represents the most frequent complication of hospitalisation in the older population. Despite its importance in terms of clinical, economic and social considerations, and despite considerable advances in the past decade, it remains a relatively misunderstood and mis-diagnosed condition.

This book provides a state-of-the-art update of delirium research, covering its history, conceptualisation, measurement, epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis, causes, prevention and management. The final chapter takes a look to the future, highlighting the importance of ongoing interdisciplinary research.

As well as being important as a clinical syndrome in its own right, the study of delirium provides a valuable opportunity to understand brain functioning at a fundamental level, and as it is a preventable condition, it is also now being used as a marker to measure the quality of hospital care provided for older people.

This volume will serve as a catalyst to revive interest and progress in delirium research and clinical care, and should be read by psychiatrists, neurologists, geriatricians and all those involved in working with the elderly in hospitals or in the community.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2002
First published: December 2002
Editors: James Lindesay • Kenneth Rockwood • Alastair Macdonald
Dimensions: 247 x 171 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 238
Edition: Twenty-Eighth
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-263275-3
Categories: Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry
Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Geriatric nursing
Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN: 0-19-263275-2
Barcode: 9780192632753

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