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Comparison of cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles in hospitalised elderly medical patients with delirium, dementia and comorbid delirium–dementia

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  • Maeve Leonard Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shane McInerney St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John McFarland Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Acute Psychiatry, Midwestern Regional Hospital, Ennis, Clare, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Candice Condon Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fahad Awan Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Margaret O'Connor Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paul Reynolds Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Anna Maria Meaney Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dimitrios Adamis Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Research and Academic Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece Sligo Mental Health Services, Ballytivan, Sligo, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Colum Dunne Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Walter Cullen Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paula T Trzepacz Indiana University, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, Mississippi, USA Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David J Meagher Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor David Meagher; david.meagher{at}ul.ie
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Leonard M, McInerney S, McFarland J, et al
Comparison of cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles in hospitalised elderly medical patients with delirium, dementia and comorbid delirium–dementia
BMJ Open 2016;6:e009212. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009212

Publication history

  • Received July 1, 2015
  • Revised October 28, 2015
  • Accepted November 17, 2015
  • First published March 8, 2016.
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May 22, 2019
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