
Chair in Old Age Medicine (Clinical)
- About
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- Email Address
- phyo.myint@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437841
- Office Address
Room 4:013, Polwarth Building, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Myint completed undergraduate and house officer training in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and held post graduate clinical training posts in Yorkshire, East Kent, Mersey and Eastern Deaneries. He was awarded the Stroke Association Clinical Fellowship and received clinical stroke training in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He was trained in Clinical Epidemiology in Cambridge and Norwich, UK. He was conferred the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2007 with the Thesis “Healthy Ageing: Determinants and Outcomes of Functional Health in EPIC-Norfolk”. He completed higher medical specialist training in March 2008 with accreditations in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine with sub-specialty in Stroke Medicine.
He took up his first senior academic appointment with the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia in 2008 as Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ageing and Stroke Medicine. He moved to Scotland in August 2013 to take up the position of Clinical Chair in Medicine (Old Age) with the University of Aberdeen. He led the Aberdeen Clinical Academic Training Pathways in North of Scotland between 2016 and 2022. He co-led the School EDI and Athena Swan (Gender Equality Steering Team (GEST)) between 2021 and 2024.
He has held many National Level Roles in the past including Executive Committee Member of the British Association of Stroke Physicians and involved in NICE guideline development group (2010 COPD update).
He is the Founding Co-Chair of the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Programme. He sat on the Council of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) as the Royal College of Physicians London Representative (2014-2024) and is also a member of SIGN Sustainability Group. He was appointed as Co-Chair of Ageing & Frailty Standards Development Group, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2023-2024). He is also a member of the NIHR Dementias Clinical Studies Portfolio Development Group.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Current
- Clinical Lead and Steering Group Member of the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF)
- NHS Grampian Area Committee Member (University of Aberdeen Representative)
- Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team Lead, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Educational Supervisor-Foundation Doctors (Department of Medicine for the Elderly)
- Academic Mentor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland
- Geriatric Medicine Training Committee, North Region, NHS Education for Scotland, Scotland
- Academic Line Manager, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
- Member: TUTELAGE Committee
Previous
- School Co-Lead for EDI, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2021-2024)
- School Co-Lead for Athena Swan, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2021-2024)
- School Executive Team Member, SMMSN(2016-2024)
- School Teaching & Learning Committee Member (2024)
- Director of Clinical Academic Training and Development, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (2016- April 2022)
- Co-ordinator of NIHR ACF programme- University of East Anglia (2009-2013 )
- Co-Course Director- MSc in Health Research, University of East Anglia (2011-2013)
- Norwich Academic Training Office (NATO) Board Member- Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia (2010-2013 )
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) LTQC Representative for Doctor of Medicine (MD), Degree, Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Health, UEA (Oct 2010-March 2012 )
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) Lead (MD) for Health and Social Sciences Research Institute (HSSRI) (2009-2010)
- Deputy Representative to TUTELAGE Committee for Geriatric Medicine (2014- July 2016)
- Educational Supervisor- Specialty Training in Geriatric Medicine & Core Medical Training Programme, Norwich, Eastern Deanery.
- AGEING theme lead, Epidemiology Group, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Educational Supervisor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland (2013-2018)
- External Memberships
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Current
- Co-Chair, Healthcare of Older People/Ageing and Frailty National Standards Development Group, Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Aug 2023-2024)
- Development Group Member: National Healthcare Standards (Scotland), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (June 2024-2025)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences Board (MHSB): External Representative (Dec 2023- )
- Co-Chair, Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Project (2017-)
- NIHR Dementias Portfolio Development Group (PDG) Member (2015-)
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Council (Observer: Royal College of Physicians of London) (2013-2024)
- External Professional Advisor for Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Office (2012 -)
- Senior Editor (American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease) (2012- )
- Associate Editor (Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease) (2022- )
- Editorial Board Member (Geriatrics (Basel)) (2014-); Section Editor-in-Chief (2018-)
- Editorial Board Member (Annals of Translational Medicine) (2016- )
- Associate Editor (Frontiers in Neurology) (2017 - )
- Editorial Board Member (Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran) (2018 - )
- Editorial Board Member (Healthcare) (2019- )
- Editorial Board Member (BMC Public Health) (2024- )
- Expert peer reviewer for more than 70 academic journals in general medicine, clinical epidemiology, cardiovascular, respiratory, public health, nutrition, cognitive neuroscience, and ageing
- Peer reviewer for the Medical Research Council (UK), the Wellcome Trust, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), British Heart Foundation, ESRC and Heart Research UK
- Funding Panel Member (DTC), Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland (2021)
- THET Myanmar Community Member (Feb 2021-)
- Member: Health Education Support Group (June 2021-)
- Trustee and Honorary Treasurer Health Education Support Group Charity (May 2024-) (Registration:1207663)
Previous
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH) QI Project Expert Advisor (2023-2024)
- The Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme (SCREDS) Operational Board member; NHS Education for Scotland (2016- April 2022)
- INSPIRE Lead, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2016-April 2022)
- Visiting Professor (University of Medicine I, Yangon) (2016-2021)
- Funding Panel Member, Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland (2017, 2019)
- NIHR Dementia & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) Dementia Clinical Studies Group member (2013-2015)
- National Executive Committee Member (British Association of Stroke Physicians) (2012-2014)
- Member of National Age & Ageing CLRN Group (2012-2013)
- East of England National Institute for Health Research RfPB Funding Advisory Committee Member (2012-2013)
- Funding Panel Member for the Life and Health Sciences panel. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2013)
- Honorary Regional Deputy Secretary, East of England British Geriatrics Society (2012-2013)
- External Examiner-MSc in Geriatric Medicine- University of Salford, Manchester, UK
- Topic Expert Group Member (NICE)- COPD (2010-2011)
- Associate Editor (BMC Health Services Research) (2009- 2017)
- Editorial Board Member (Scientific Reports) (2017- 2020)
- International Editorial Board Member (Open Heart Failure Journal) (2008-2010)
- Guideline Development Group Member- COPD Guidelines Update 2008 National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (2008-2010)
- Steering Committee Member- National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP) (2007-2009)
- Elected Chair of Trainees, British Geriatrics Society (2005-2007)
- Elected Vice-Chair of Trainees, British Geriatrics Society (2003-2005)
- Founding Member, Trainees Committee, British Association of Stroke Physicians (2003-2005)
- Research
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Research Overview
Academic Lead, Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Team
His research interests include clinical epidemiology and outcome research in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, determinants of physical and mental ageing (healthy ageing), clinical geriatrics (extreme old age, disability, pneumonia, clinical nutrition, dementias) and health services research of conditions prevalent in older age.
Research Areas
Biomedical Sciences
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Databases
- Gerontology
- Dementia Studies
- Epidemiology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Current research spans across above research areas using various methodologies and data source
Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team
Collaborations
- Academic Centre for Applied Clinical & Translational Research into Ageing (ACTRA), Aberdeen http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/actra.php
- Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre (ACDC)
- UK Stroke Registers Collaboration (UKSRC)
- Norwich Research Park Cardiovascular Research Group
- Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research
- Older Persons Surgical Outcome Collaboration (OPSOC)
- International Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Collaboration Cohort (ICCC)
- Peking University Clinical Research Institute (PUCRI)
- Ageing & Age-associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) Study
- Clinical Gerontology Unit (University of Cambridge)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (Cambridge)
Funding and Grants
- Alzheimer's Society
- Alzheimer's Research UK Scotland Network
- Chief Scientist Office
- Dunhill Medical Trust
- Digital Healthcare Institute, Scottish Funding Council
- Medical Research Scotland
- Morningfield Association
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGAR)
- NHS R&D (Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
- NHS Grampian Endowment Research Grant
- Oral and Dental Research Trust
- Sir Halley Stewart Trust
- Tenovus Scotland
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate teaching/education
- Regent
- Clinical Specialty Lead (Geriatric Medicine)
- Clinical Teaching (year 3, 4 and 5)
- TUTELAGE Committee Member
Postgraduate teaching/supervision
- MSc Epidemiology Module 2013-2015 (MSc in Public Health)
- Master of Public Health (MPH) (2016- )
- MSc in Human Nutrition (2017- )
- MSc in Clinical Nutrition (2017- )
- MSc in Global Health and Management (2014-2019 )
- MSc in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (2018- )
- MSc Clinical Pharmacology (2022- )
- MSc Clinical Education (2024- )
Research Project Supervision (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)
- Summer Research Scholarship Students
- Summer Vacation Research Students
- Specialist Registrar (STR) Research Projects
- Thesis supervision: MSc in Public Health, and MSc in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, MSc in Data Science, Master of Research (MRes), and Master of Public Health (MPH)
- PhD supervision
- BSc (Hon.) Research Projects
- BMedSci Research Projects
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I am one of the Faculty Members of International Workshop in Clinical Epidemiology - an introductory epidemiology workshop held annually in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration of University of Malaya and Perdana University, Malaysia.
- Publications
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The influence of ACE inhibitors and ARBs on hospital length of stay and survival in people with COVID-19
IJC Heart & Vasculature, vol. 31, 100660Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSeasonality of stroke: Winter admissions and mortality excess: A Thailand National Stroke Population Database Study
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 199, pp. 106261Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106261
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Impact of surgery on older patients hospitalized with an acute abdomen: findings from the Older Persons Surgical Outcome Collaborative
Frontiers in Surgery, vol. 7, 583653Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnticholinergic drugs and incident dementia, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive decline: a meta-analysis
Age and Ageing, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 939-947Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInfective endocarditis is associated with worse outcomes in stroke: A Thailand National Database Study
International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 74, no. 11, pp. e13614Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13614
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15958/1/Reid_etal_Infective_endocarditis_VOR.pdf
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Circulating monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels are associated with cardiovascular mortality
JAMA Cardiology, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 587–592Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2020.5392
Frailty and mortality in patients with COVID-19: Authors' reply
The Lancet Public Health, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. e582-e582Contributions to Journals: LettersHypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and the risk of common cancers in women: Evidence from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk prospective population-based study.
Cancers, vol. 12, no. 11, 3100Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVariations in rates of discharges to nursing homes after acute hospitalization for stroke and the influence of service heterogeneity: an Anglia Stroke Clinical Network Evaluation Study
Healthcare, vol. 8, no. 4, 390Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNosocomial COVID-19 infection: examining the risk of mortality. The COPE-Nosocomial Study (COVID in Older PEople)
Journal of Hospital Infection, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 376-384Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Clinical Frailty Scale: estimating the prevalence of frailty in older patients hospitalised with COVID-19. The COPE study
Geriatrics, vol. 5, no. 3, 58Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy protocol for the COPE study: COVID-19 in Older People: the influence of frailty and multimorbidity on survival. A multi-centre, European observational study
BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 9, 040569Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCan Cardiovascular Risk Management be improved by Shared Care with General Practice to Prevent Cognitive Decline Following Stroke/TIA?: A feasibility randomised controlled Trial (SERVED Memory)
BMC Geriatrics, vol. 20, 353Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSelf-Monitoring and Management of Blood Pressure in Patients with Stroke or TIA: An Economic Evaluation of TEST-BP, A Randomised Controlled Trial
PharmacoEconomics - Open, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 511-517Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResumption of elective colorectal surgery during COVID-19 and risk of death
Colorectal Disease, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1026-1027Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrior Routine use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Important Outcomes in Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 9, no. 8, 2586Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTemporal trends in pregnancy-associated stroke and its outcomes among women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 9, no. 15, e016182Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effect of frailty on survival in patients with COVID-19 (COPE): a multicentre, European, observational cohort study
The Lancet Public Health, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. e444-e451Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIncreasing prevalence of anticholinergic medication use in older people in England over 20 years: Cognitive Function and Ageing Study I and II
BMC Geriatrics, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 267Contributions to Journals: ArticlesParkinson's disease and patient related outcomes in stroke: A matched cohort study
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 29, no. 7, 104826Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Influence of Body Mass Index on Characteristics of Falls in the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research Study
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 71-78Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0000000000000259
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Association Between Hospital Cardiac Catheter Laboratory Status, Use of an Invasive Strategy, and Outcomes After NSTEMI
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 868-877Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2019.10.010
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15237/1/Rashid_etal_CanJCardio_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Decision-making in COVID-19 and Frailty
Geriatrics, vol. 5, no. 2, 30Contributions to Journals: EditorialsDoes Lower Lean Body Mass Mediate the Relationship Between Falls and Higher Body Mass Index in Asian Older Persons?
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 426-433Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2019-0011
- [ONLINE] journal permissions, copyright statement
Protocol for the process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of independent pharmacist prescribing in care home: the CHIPPS study
Trials, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 439Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDoes prior antithrombotic therapy influence recurrence and bleeding risk in stroke patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter?
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 729-737Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe prognostic value of anticholinergic burden measures in relation to mortality in older individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Frontiers in Pharmacology, vol. 11, 570Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNeuropathological Correlates of Cumulative Benzodiazepine and Anticholinergic Drug Use
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 999-1009Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnaemia and incidence of post stroke dementia
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 191, 105688Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSelf-Reported Fatigue Predicts Incident Stroke in a General Population: EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population-Based Study
Stroke, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 1077-1084Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing Risks of Polypharmacy Involving Medications With Anticholinergic Properties
Annals of Family Medicine, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 148-155Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.AnnFamMed.org/content/18/2/148/suppl/DC1/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2501
- [ONLINE] Deposit in University of Glasgow repository
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Managing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Annals of Translational Medicine, vol. 8, no. 6, 395Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDoes quality of care in hip fracture vary by day of admission?
Archives of Osteoporosis, vol. 15, 52Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAspirin moderates the association between cardiovascular risk, brain white matter hyperintensity total lesion volume and processing speed in normal ageing
Maturitas, vol. 133, pp. 49-53Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review
Age and Ageing, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 184-192Contributions to Journals: Review articlesAnticholinergic burden (prognostic factor) for prediction of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults with no known cognitive syndrome
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD013540Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBaseline risk, timing of invasive strategy and guideline compliance in NSTEMI: Nationwide analysis from MINAP
International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 301, pp. 7-13Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.11.146
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15419/1/Rashid_etal_baseline_AAM.pdf
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Current Trends in Management of Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Annals of Translational MedicineContributions to Journals: ArticlesHow to develop clinical reasoning in medical students and interns based on illness script theory: An experimental study
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 63-67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.34.9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14076/1/Delavari_et_al_MJIRI_HowToDevelop_VoR.pdf
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Interventions to reduce anticholinergic burden in adults aged 65 and older: A systematic review
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 172-180.e5Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of Medications with Anticholinergic Properties and the Long Term Risk of Hospitalization for Falls and Fractures in the EPIC-Norfolk Longitudinal Cohort Study
Drugs & Aging, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 105-114Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProtocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of independent pharmacist prescribing in care homes: the CHIPPS study
Trials, vol. 21, 103Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review
BMC Public Health, vol. 20, 33Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMaking the Most of Your Data: Using an Alternative Statistical Methodology to Multi-level Modeling to Investigate Hospital Effects on Acute Hospital Length of Stay Following Stroke when Number of Hospitals is Small
Sage PublicationsBooks and Reports: Other Reports- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529719994
An overview of prevalence, determinants and health outcomes of polypharmacy
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 11, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnticholinergic burden in middle-aged women and recurrent falls in later life: findings from the Aberdeen Prospective Osteoporosis Screening Study (APOSS)
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 11, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of Diabetes on Complications, Long Term Mortality and Recurrence in 608,890 Hospitalised Patients with Stroke
Global Heart, vol. 15, no. 1, 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment and validation of Elder-Friendly Urban Spaces Questionnaire (EFUSQ)
BMC Geriatrics, vol. 19, 336Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEstimated glomerular filtration rate and risk of poor outcomes after stroke
European Journal of Neurology, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1455-1463Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.14026
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14725/1/eurjneurol_revised.pdf
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The prevalence of delirium in an older acute surgical population and its effect on outcome
Geriatrics, vol. 4, no. 4, 57Contributions to Journals: Articles