Topic Resources

DELIRIUM

Journal Articles

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th Ed. Text Rev.). Washington, DC.

Chan, D., & Brennan, N. (1999). Delirium: Making the diagnosis, improving the prognosis. Geriatrics, 54(3), 28-42.

Flaherty, J. H. (1998). Psychotherapeutic agents in older adults. Commonly prescribed and over-the-counter remedies: causes of confusion. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 14(1), 101-127.

Foreman, M. D., & Zane, D. (1996). Nursing strategies for delirium in hospitalized elderly patients. American Journal of Nursing, 96(4), 44-51.

Inouye, S. K., Bogardus, S. T. Jr., Charpentier, P. A., Leo-Summers, L., Acampora, D., Holford, T. R., & Cooney, L. M., Jr. (1999). A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients. New England Journal of Medicine, 340, 669-676.

Inouye, S. K., van Dyck, C. H., Alessi, C. A., Balkin, S., Siegal, A. P., & Horwitz, R. I. (1990). Clarifying confusion: The confusion assessment method. A new method for detection of delirium. Annals of Internal Medicine, 113(12), 941-948.

Rapp, C., Wakefield, B., Kundrat, M., Mentes, J., Tripp-Reimer, T., Culp, K., Mobily, P., Akins, J., & Onega, L. (2000). Acute confusion assessment instruments: Clinical versus research usability. Applied Nursing Research, 13(1), 37-45.

Segatore, M., & Adams, D. (2001). Managing delirium and agitation in elderly hospitalized orthopaedic patients: Part I-Theoretical aspects.  Orthopaedic Nursing, 20(1), 31-45.

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