The Incidence of Recorded Delirium Episodes Before and After Dementia Diagnosis: Differences Between Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Alzheimer's Disease

To describe the incidence of delirium recording before and after a diagnosis of dementia is established in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and compare findings to a matched cohort of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - November 15, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: James M. FitzGerald, Gayan Perera, Alexandra Chang-Tave, Annabel Price, Anto P. Rajkumar, Manorama Bhattarai, John T. O'Brien, Clive Ballard, Dag Aarsland, Robert Stewart, Christoph Mueller Tags: Original Study Source Type: research