Underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients
Birkan İlhan, Fatih Tufan, Gülistan Bahat, Mehmet Akif Karan Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TurkeyWe have read the article entitled “Association between frailty and delirium in older a...
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oai:doaj.org-article:b81b6ffe48da4afba5a85b0827249d3a2021-12-02T08:17:33ZUnderestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/b81b6ffe48da4afba5a85b0827249d3a2016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/underestimated-factors-may-also-precipitate-delirium-and-can-lead-to-t-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Birkan İlhan, Fatih Tufan, Gülistan Bahat, Mehmet Akif Karan Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TurkeyWe have read the article entitled “Association between frailty and delirium in older adult patients discharged from hospital” by Verloo et al1 with great interest. In their study, the authors observed that frailty is strongly associated with delirium in older patients at hospital discharge. Consequently, they concluded that assessing frailty gives health care professionals the opportunity to improve the effectiveness of primary prevention strategies for delirium, by promptly ascertaining which discharged older adults are at a higher risk of presenting with that syndrome.View original paper by Verloo et alİlhan BTufan FBahat GKaran MADove Medical PressarticlefrailtydeliriumGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 11, Pp 761-765 (2016) |
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Birkan İlhan, Fatih Tufan, Gülistan Bahat, Mehmet Akif Karan Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TurkeyWe have read the article entitled “Association between frailty and delirium in older adult patients discharged from hospital” by Verloo et al1 with great interest. In their study, the authors observed that frailty is strongly associated with delirium in older patients at hospital discharge. Consequently, they concluded that assessing frailty gives health care professionals the opportunity to improve the effectiveness of primary prevention strategies for delirium, by promptly ascertaining which discharged older adults are at a higher risk of presenting with that syndrome.View original paper by Verloo et al |
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Underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients |
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Underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients |
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Underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients |
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Underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients |
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Underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients |
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underestimated factors may also precipitate delirium and can lead to the misinterpretation of frailty in these patients |
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