Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 151-155 , June 2009

Analysis of Patients with Altered Mental Status in an Emergency Department of Eastern Taiwan

  • Pei-Fang Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Giou-Teng Yiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Jen Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Chuan Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 13 June 2008 ,Revised 11 July 2008 ,Accepted 19 August 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60028-8

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60028-8

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 151-155 , June 2009

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