Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 338-341 , March 2002

Missed delirium in older emergency department patients: A quality-of-care problem

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 Reprints not available from the author. Address for correspondence: Arthur B. Sanders, MD, MHA, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, PO Box 245057, Tucson, AZ 87524-5057; 520-626-5032; E-mail: art@aemrc.arizona.edu.

PII: S0196-0644(02)18515-5

doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.122273

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 338-341 , March 2002