Abstract

VALENCIA, Carlos; HEREDIA, Rodrigo  and  MORENO, Atilio. Aging and delirium: an old known in the Emergency Department. Medicas UIS [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.2, pp.85-92. ISSN 0121-0319.

With increasing life expectancy, it is coming to a marked increase of the geriatric diseases in emergency departments; multifactorial disease and increasingly of interest in the clinical setting. example of this reality is the delirium, which in the past 30 years has produced a marked interest in the medical literature as a result of the Renaissance as a diagnosis in the emergency units and intensive care, probably as a result of the emergence of medical specialties as geriatrics who have rescued the old man's disease, this article presents a review of delirium in emergency departments and their correlation with the aging population (MÉD.UIS. 2014;27(2):85-92)

Keywords : Dementia; Delirium; Aged; Geriatrics.

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