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Reducing delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture: a multi‐factorial intervention study

Karin Björkman Björkelund, Ami Hommel, Karl–Göran Thorngren, L. Gustafson, S. Larsson, D. Lundberg

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2010 · 176 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

The use of a multi-factorial intervention program in elderly hip fracture patients, lucid at admission, reduced the incidence of delirium during hospitalization by 35%.

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