Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 248-253, March 2002

The prevalence and documentation of impaired mental status in elderly emergency department patients☆*

Presented in part at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, May 2001.

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,* and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Metro Health Medical Center,‡ Cleveland, OH

Received 28 February 2001; received in revised form 27 July 2001 and 3 October 2001; accepted 30 October 2001.

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☆ Address for reprints: Fredric M. Hustey, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, E-19, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; 216-445-4558; E-mail husteyf@ccf.org

* Author contributions are provided at the end of this article. Author contributions: FMH and SWM conceived the study and designed the protocol. FMH supervised the conduct of the study and data collection. FMH managed the data, including quality control. SWM provided statistical advice and assisted FMH with data analysis. FMH drafted the manuscript. SWM contributed substantially to its revision. FMH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

PII: S0196-0644(02)28799-5

doi:10.1067/mem.2002.122057

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