Assessing and Treating Delirium in Older Adults
The Carlat Geriatric Psychiatry Report, Volume 1, Number 5&6, July 2022
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/cgprv1n56/
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Topics: Altered Mental Status (AMS) | Confusion | Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) | Delirium | Dementia | Disorganization
Rehan Aziz, MD.
Associate program director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Jersey Shore University Medical Center; associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Edison, NJ.
Dr. Aziz, author of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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