A Multicomponent Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients
- 4 March 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 340 (9), 669-676
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199903043400901
Abstract
Since in hospitalized older patients delirium is associated with poor outcomes, we evaluated the effectiveness of a multicomponent strategy for the prevention of delirium.Keywords
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