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Alzheimer’s Disease

Delirium and Dementia Treatment

References

APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation -from ClinCalc

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2013.

Delirium DSM V critieria in UptoDate listed under Diagnosis of delirium and confusional states

Dementia DSM V criteria in UptoDate Evaluation of cognitive impairment and dementia

Inouye SK. Delirium in hospitalized older patients: recognition and risk factors. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1998;11(3):118–125.

Inouye SK, Zhang Y, Jones RN, Kiely DK, Yang F, Marcantonio ER. Risk factors for delirium at discharge: development and validation of a predictive model. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(13):1406–1413.

Witlox J, Eurelings LS, de Jonghe JF, et al. Delirium in elderly patients and the risk of postdischarge mortality, institutionalization, and dementia: a meta-analysis. JAMA.2010;304(4):443–451.

Lee KH, Ha YC, Lee YK, Kang H, Koo KH. Frequency, risk factors, and prognosis of prolonged delirium in elderly patients after hip fracture surgery. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469(9):2612–2620.

Alici Y, Breitbart W. Delirium in palliative care. Prim Psychiatry. 2009;16(5):42–48.

Siddiqi N, House AO, Holmes JD. Occurrence and outcome of delirium in medical in-patients: a systematic literature review. Age Ageing. 2006;35(4):350–364.

Shehabi Y, Riker RR, Bokesch PM, et al. SEDCOM (Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine Compared With Midazolam) Study Group. Delirium duration and mortality in lightly sedated, mechanically ventilated intensive care patients. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(12):2311–2318.

American Family Physician 

Depression in the Elderly

Geriatrics and Pharmacology

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6. Steinman MA and Fick DM. Using Wisely: A Reminder on the Proper Use of the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 April;67(4):644-646. 
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American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

Neurocognitive Disorders

Parkinson's Disease

Resources for the Elderly

When the Home Becomes the Hospital: Nursing Facilities