Delirium in older medical inpatients and subsequent cognitive and functional status: a prospective study.
2001; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 165; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
Autores
Jane McCusker, Martín G. Cole, Nandini Dendukuri, Éric Belzile, François Primeau,
Tópico(s)Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
ResumoDelirium in older hospital inpatients appears to be associated with various adverse outcomes. The limitations of previous research on this association have included small sample sizes, short follow-up periods and lack of consideration of important confounders or modifiers, such as severity of illness, comorbidity and dementia. The objective of this study was to determine the prognostic significance of delirium, with or without dementia, for cognitive and functional status during the 12 months after hospital admission, independent of premorbid function, comorbidity, severity of illness and other potentially confounding variables.
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