The clock drawing test is a poor screening tool for postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction after aortic repair
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Literature review of the Clock Drawing Test as a tool for cognitive screening.
BACKGROUND/AIMS The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is used in clinical practice for the screening of cognitive disorders. This systematic review aims to present and discuss the CDT scoring methods available in the literature, in order to find differences in administration and utility of the CDT. METHODS A literature search was carried out in Medline (1966 to June 2008), Psychinfo (1967 to June 2008...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9448-4