title: Acute confusion in the elderly.
abstract: Acute confusion is common in the elderly ill patient. Its presence should provoke an urgent search for its cause. The key to management of acute confusion is in the removal or reversal of the factors responsible together with good nursing care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Owen
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Jayaratnam
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003221:Confusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans