In-hospital delirium risk assessment, diagnosis and management; medications to avoid
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Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellow, Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, UK Professor of Elderly Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, UK
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