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Systematic detection and multidisciplinary care of delirium in older medical inpatients: a randomized trial
Martin G. Cole, Jane McCusker, François Bellavance, François J. Primeau, Robert F. Bailey, Michael J. Bonnycastle and Johanne Laplante
CMAJ October 01, 2002 167 (7) 753-759;
Martin G. Cole
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Jane McCusker
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
François Bellavance
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
François J. Primeau
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Robert F. Bailey
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Michael J. Bonnycastle
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
Johanne Laplante
From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ‡the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; and §the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que.
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Fig. 1: Flow of patients through trial. R = randomization.
Fig. 2: Curve estimates of time to improvement in cognitive status, as determined with the Mini-Mental Status Exam, (23) for the intervention group and the usual care group. The figure does not extend to 8 weeks because there were no new events after 36 days.
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Systematic detection and multidisciplinary care of delirium in older medical inpatients: a randomized trial
Martin G. Cole, Jane McCusker, François Bellavance, François J. Primeau, Robert F. Bailey, Michael J. Bonnycastle, Johanne Laplante
CMAJ Oct 2002, 167 (7) 753-759;
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