Delirium in older adults, if you think it's the urine, think again

Rebecca Schonnop^{1

2}, Rob Woods³, Brittany Ellis³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. schonnop@ualberta.ca.
² Kingsway Emergency Agency, Royal Alexandra Hospital, #541-5th Floor CSC Building, 10240 Kingsway Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 3V9, Canada. schonnop@ualberta.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Editorial

Rebecca Schonnop et al. CJEM. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;24(1):5-6.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00239-z. Epub 2022 Jan 17.

Rebecca Schonnop^{1

2}, Rob Woods³, Brittany Ellis³

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. schonnop@ualberta.ca.
² Kingsway Emergency Agency, Royal Alexandra Hospital, #541-5th Floor CSC Building, 10240 Kingsway Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 3V9, Canada. schonnop@ualberta.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

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Investigation and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in older patients with delirium: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian physicians.
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