NR AIIZ
AU Miller,B.L.; Read,S.L.; Mahler,M.E.; Benson,D.F.
TI Altered mental status in the elderly
QU Primary Care; Clinics in Office Practice 1984 Dec; 11(4): 653-65
PT journal article
AB Misdiagnosis of treatable dementia in the aged is costly to society and the family, and is unmeasurable in personal tragedy. The 4 Ds of the elderly - dementia, depression, delirium, and delusion - are discussed. Family physicians are encouraged to seek out treatable disease.
MH Aged; Alzheimer Disease/diagnosis; Brain Diseases/diagnosis; Case Report; Cerebral Infarction/complications; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis; Delirium/diagnosis; Delusions/diagnosis; Dementia/*diagnosis; Depressive Disorder/diagnosis; Female; Hallucinations/diagnosis; Human; Hypertension/complications; Male; Paranoid Disorders/diagnosis; Parkinson Disease/diagnosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
SP englisch
PO USA