title: [Acute confusional states in patients with hip fractures can be prevented and treated].
abstract: Acute confusional states among the elderly constitute a manifest problem in most medical specialties. All too often the disoriented patient is deemed to be suffering from dementia, and no investigation is made of the background factors. Intervention studies have clearly shown that confusional states are both reversible and preventable.
authors.affiliation: Geriatriska institutionen, Universitetet i Umeå.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gustafson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bucht
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winblad
mesh_terms: D000308:Adrenocortical Hyperfunction / Q000503:physiopathology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption
vernacular_title: Akuta konfusionstillstånd hos patienter med höftfraktur går att förebygga och behandla.