Why does delirium continue to go unrecognized?

Debra Eagles^{1

2}, Christophe Fehlmann³, Marcel Emond⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
³ Department of Acute Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Faculté de Médecine, Département de Médecine Familiale et de Médecine d'urgence, Université Laval, Laval, QC, Canada.

Editorial

Debra Eagles et al. CJEM. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;24(8):799-800.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00421-x. Epub 2022 Dec 5.

Debra Eagles^{1

2}, Christophe Fehlmann³, Marcel Emond⁴

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. deagles@toh.ca.
³ Department of Acute Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Faculté de Médecine, Département de Médecine Familiale et de Médecine d'urgence, Université Laval, Laval, QC, Canada.

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Understanding why delirium is often missed in older emergency department patients: a qualitative descriptive study.
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