title: Difficulties in diagnosing delirium in elderly patients in a general hospital.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Advanced Training of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, 91 Volokolamskoe Rd., Moscow 125371, Russia. Electronic address: a.g.merkin@ya.ru.
authors.forename: Alexandr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merkin
authors.affiliation: Moscow Clinical City Hospital N71, 14 Mozhayskoe Rd., Moscow 121374, Russia.
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Borisov
authors.affiliation: Moscow Clinical City Hospital N71, 14 Mozhayskoe Rd., Moscow 121374, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexandr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shushkevitch
authors.affiliation: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow 117198, Russia.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dinov
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Yekaterina
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, 5a Butlerova st., Moscow 117485, Russia.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cheremushkin
authors.affiliation: Institute for Advanced Training of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, 91 Volokolamskoe Rd., Moscow 125371, Russia.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nikiforov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans
keywords: Confusional state; Delirium; Elderly; Misdiagnosis; Overdiagnosis; Underdiagnosis