Neuropsychological Tests for Monitoring Delirium Severity in Elderly Patients
作者:
Kathy Christensen,
Kris Bettin,
Kris Jilk,
Derik Weldon,
John Mach,
期刊:
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(OVID Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 1
页码: 69-76
ISSN:1064-7481
年代: 1996
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The authors identified neuropsychological tests appropriate for use in monitoring delirium severity in elderly patients. Ten elderly patients were administered a battery of tests while they were delirious and later during their recovery. All of the measures showed significant improvement across the two occasions (P < 0.05). Examination of components of variance suggests that modified versions of the Forward Digit Span, Similarities, or Oral Sentence Spelling tests or a combination of Forward Digit Span and Similarities or Oral Sentence Spelling are likely to be most effective in monitoring delirium severity.
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