Journal of Critical Care
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 530-534 , December 2009

Validation of memorial delirium assessment scale

  • G. Shyamsundar, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences 641014, Coimbatore, India
    • Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, India
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  • G. Raghuthaman, MD, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences 641014, Coimbatore, India
    • ,
  • Anto P. Rajkumar, MD, DPM, DNB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 416 228 4532; fax: +91 416 226 2268.
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  • K.S. Jacob, MD, MRCPsych, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, India

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☆ Conflict of interest: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.

PII: S0883-9441(09)00002-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.12.016

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 530-534 , December 2009

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