Risk Factors and Outcomes of Delirium in Older Patients Admitted to Postacute Care with and without Dementia.

CONCLUSIONS: In older patients admitted to postacute care, dementia is the main risk factor for delirium, and delirium carries worse clinical and functional outcomes. In patients with dementia, delirium is also relevant, since it entails a functional loss at admission and lower functional recovery. PMID: 29723848 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - May 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Source Type: research