Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: a systematic review of frequency and prognosis

G. Cole, Martín; Ciampi, Antonio; Belzile, Éric; Zhong, Lihong

doi:10.1093/ageing/afn253

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Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: a systematic review of frequency and prognosis

Published in Age and Ageing • Nov 13, 2008

Authors:

Martín G. Cole

Antonio Ciampi

Éric Belzile

Abstract

BACKGROUND: one explanation for the poor prognosis of delirium among older hospital patients may be that many of these patients do not recover from delirium. We sought to determine the frequency and prognosis of persistent delirium (PerD) in older hospital patients by systematically reviewing origin...

Subject

Delirium

Medicine

Intensive care medicine

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