Individualized Acute Medical Care for Cognitively Impaired Individuals: A Call Always to Pause Before Hospitalization

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Feb;66(2):219-221. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15105. Epub 2017 Sep 27.

Authors

Clifford C Sheckter¹, Nicholas T Bott¹, Arnold Milstein¹, Bruce Leff²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Excellence Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
² Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

PMID: 28960237
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15105

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aged
Cognitive Dysfunction / complications*
Delirium / etiology*
Dementia
Female
Hospitalization*
Humans
Male
Risk Factors