Performance of the Ottawa 3DY Scale as a Screening Tool for Altered Mental Status in Elderly Emergency Department Patients
Altered mental status (AMS), a common and serious entity in elderly Emergency Department patients, is not well recognized by physicians. Our prospective cohort study evaluated the implementation, by nurses and physicians, of the Ottawa 3DY Scale, a cognitive screening tool. We enrolled 260 patient...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32165 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-2844 |