Delirium is prevalent in older hospital inpatients and associated with adverse outcomes: results of a prospective multi-centre study on World Delirium Awareness Day

Abstract Background Delirium is a common severe neuropsychiatric condition secondary to physical illness, which predominantly affects older adults in hospital. Prior to this study, the UK point prevalence of delirium was unknown. We set out to ascertain the point prevalence of delirium across UK hos...

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Autor principal:	Geriatric Medicine Research Collaborative
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	BMC 2019-12-01
Colección:	BMC Medicine
Materias:	Delirium Frailty Older adults Collaboration
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1458-7
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