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b'This month we discuss the issue of diagnosing delirium in older hospital patients. Despite being linked to a range of poor outcomes, the syndrome is often missed and evidence on its measurement is sparse.Professor Alasdair MacLullich tells us how a device he\\u2019s designed with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, which tests for delirium\\u2019s attentional deficits, can benefit clinicians and researchers.See also:Detecting deficits of sustained visual attention in delirium http://tinyurl.com/aswwbaw'