The Abbreviated Mental Test Score; Is There a Need for a Contemporaneous Update?
Introduction: Designed in 1972 the Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) is widely used to assess a cognition on hospital admission. The Nottingham Hip Fracture Score uses this in predicting morbidity/mortality in neck of femur fracture. The consequences of misappropriating cognitive impairment could...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/21514593211001047 |