Sigurd Evensen

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Medisinsk klinikk

Diakonhjemmet sykehus

Forfatterbidrag: idé, utforming, utarbeiding og revisjon av manuset samt godkjenning av innsendte versjon.

Sigurd Evensen er ph.d., spesialist i indremedisin og i geriatri og er overlege.

Articles by Sigurd Evensen

Delirium and cognitive impairment among older patients in Norwegian emergency departments

Sigurd Evensen,
Ingvild Saltvedt,
Anette Hylen Ranhoff,
Marius Myrstad,
Christian Myrstad,
Marte Mellingsæter,
Marte Sofie Wang-Hansen,
Bjørn Erik Neerland

13.03.2019: Delirium is an acute change in attention, awareness and cognition that arises in association with physiological changes such as illness, injuries or surgery Box 1) ( (1). Delirium may affect anybody, but advanced age and cognitive impairment significantly increase the risk (2). The prognosis for...